Inhabitants of Newburyport v. Inhabitants of Boothbay

9 Mass. 414 | Mass. | 1812

By the Court.

The jury might lawfully infer a legal marriage from the evidence at the trial; a long-continued cohabitation is, in fact, one usual evidence of a marriage, ^(a)

Judgment on the verdict

(a) [Rex vs. Stockland, Bur. Sett. c. 508 — Leader vs. Barry, 1 Esp. N. P R. 353 — Ed.]