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Common LawWife SeeksRights in CourtiArthur E. Clawson. is working | at the Motion shops in the place of ■ striking workmen, and who makes the Strip daily to and from Delphi, is de-•I fondant in an unusual suit filed Mon-. day in the Carroll Circuit court. t., Myrtle Clawson is suing for divorce {J :and alimony, alleging she is his com-I mon-law wife. In 1917. Myrtle was c'; ! married in Detroit, Mich., to a man ^ 1 named Mullen. In a few months they ■1 l parted and about a year after they ^ parted the World’s war laid claim on ‘ .; Mullen and he went to France. Myrtle ]! declined to take any part of his sol- ^ diev’s pay and signed a waiver on ; i the grounds of their separation. Then b one day her mother, reading the eas- a . ualty list in the newspaper saw Mill-;ai Ion’s name in the list. About a year 11 slater Myrtle married Arthur. Then,: one morning, after the war was over, the sheriff served Myrtle with divorce ( i papers in a suit instituted, by Mullen 1 in Detroit. It was some one else who a ! was killed. Clawson and she agreed, . according to her statement, that a j1 second marriage would only cause talk and that although their marriage ,j] was void, they should continue to live ; J*! as husband and wife, ami did so until the 28ih day of July, last, when he i brought suit to have I heir illegal mar-’ riage annulled. She has filed a eoun-1 j ter suit charging abandonment and that she is the eummon-law wife or, Clawson. She is an experienced book-, i keeper and was employed by the Cox •1 Lumber Co., at Radnor, « where he » i formerly .worked as truck driver. * . i ■---lt;
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Lafayette Tippecanoe County Democrat
Lafayette, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 18, 1922
Page 5
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Clipped by
Candy S.
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