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Contract MarriagrBea^Severe Blow by Decision of State Supreme CourtDenver Fob. 24,—The marriage rolatlon is binding, by statute and contract marriage is outside tlie lawj tliQ state supreme court ruled today, tract n ^ hag b6en lmndoa down by the court inmonths, Chief Justice Greeley W, Whlttorfl preached a moral sermon on, H» sanctity o£ marriage and termed contract marriage—or companionate mar-i'Irko— no tiling moro than legalized prostitution.The opinion was rendered in case Involving n widow s attempt to obtainhor share of. tlio estate of C bailee M, ‘11b*.n5.1Duncan, former Denver physician, al tlio she allegedly had entered into a contract* marriage with Duncan providing for separation by niutuai agreement. The alleged contract, introduced in evidence in the Denver district court, gave Mrs. Duncan, the physician’s third wife, $100 lt;m separation for each year she lived with herhusband, ,The supreme court affirmed cue judgment of the district court in giving Mrs. Duncan her share of the estate. The administrator fought the case. Less than a year after the Duncans' marriage, a separation occurred, and Mrs. Duncan gave a receipt in return for 5110 given her by hor husband, . , , . .Mr, Whitford referred in bis oPlnlon to '‘legal prostitution at a price of $100 a yeaT.” The antenuptial contract, lie said, “was a wicked dovtce to evade the laws applicable to marriage relations, property rights and divorces, and is clearly against public decency and policy. The wife under its terms was made a base hireling- The man could enjoy her companionship, under its covenant, for a single night, and then discard her. The contract is utterly void. The marriage relation lies at the foundation of our civilisation.fice here today of receipt of a letter from former President Cooiidge at Los Angeles, stating that he would attend the dedication of Cooiidge Dam, one of Arldona's recent irrigation projects,Mr, Cooiidge in accepting the invitation extended by lt;atate officials to participate in coremonles at the dam said that his itinerary would permit him to spend only one day in the statorA committee in charge of the dedication is expected to announce a definite date for the ceremony tonight or tomorrow.Road Receivership Returned Profit to Kemper, Court Says(Aaooclatod Pcell)Now York* Fob. 24—Charges that William. T. Komper, of Kansas City, Mo.r democratic national committee-man for Missouri, used Ids post as receiver of the bankrupt Kansas City, Mexico Orient railroad company, toliv TVi/\Ttlt;*i ft lift ftl'fl fit ttlft
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Tue, Feb 25, 1930
Page 6
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