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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Rebecca Blodget v. William Thornton.
    Upon a writ of dower, the marriage may be proved by parol evidence of cohabitation as man and wife.
    Writ of dower. Verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court, whether parol evidence of cohabitation as man and wife, is sufficient to prove the marriage.
    
      Mr. C. C. Lee, for the defendant,
    contended that the marriage can only be proved by the certificate of the bishop, or of the clergyman who married them.
    The following authorities were cited by Mr. Lee. Jackson v. Claw, 18 Johns. 346; William v. Gwyn, 2 Saund. 45; 1 Phil. Ev. 262; Starkie, 939; Birt v. Barlow, Doug. 172; Morres v. Miller, 1 W. Bl. 632.
    
      Mr. R. S. Coxe, (contra:,) cited Birt v. Barlow, Doug. 172; Morres v. Miller, 4 Burr. 2058 ; Bayard’s Peake, 88. See also Woodfall’s Landlord and Tenant, 402; Henry St. George Tucker’s notes to 1 Bl. Com. 440, n. 3.
   The CouRT (Morsell, J., absent,) ordered the judgment to be entered for the plaintiff.