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COMMON LAW MARRIAGENOT VALID IN STATESanta Fe, June 26.—A common law marriage is not a valid alliance in New Mexico because of the Council of Trent* which applied to the state as a Spanish colony, it was held by the state supreme court in an opinion handed down Monday.The cuurt was divided. Chief Justice J. C. Watson and Justice A. L. Zinn concur with the opinion written by Justice A Hudspeth which holds the common law marriage invalid. Justice Bickley and Sadler dissent.The decision was in the case where Mrs. Louise Raff G a bald on sued in Valencia county to gain the esi .lt;’• ol M an .* H ,.v i j. r deceased, claiming to be his common law wife, She had been mar. ried to Gabaldon at one time, but was divorced She wa- said to'..f. * 1 -a ! * h n iff. * lie d:vorce furnishing the bn.us for her suit Judgment of the lower court against her is affirmed.■ I he Council of fre i • I.»* i »».*, .‘.s’ ttv c un, r i- i*n ol * r.ecounter reformation and its dlt; cree® crystallized the result* of that movement into the permanentlavs f thi churrfi [! enumerated f'cclesiastica! laws, among them the marriage contrailPenonali
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Las Cruces Rio Grande Farmer
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1934
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