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LAW OF MARRIAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
In the Philadelphia quarter sessions, on the 14th inst., in the matter of the application of the guardians of the poor for an order on Samuel Nathans to give security for the maintenance of his wife and two chldren, Judge Parsons delivered an opinion by which it was decided that said Nathans was married according to the laws of Pennsylvania, to Mrs. Nathans. — There had been no ceremony performed, but the parties had lived together as man and wife, and the defendant had treated the complainant as a wife in the presence of acquaintances. This opinion establishes that in Pennsylvania, marriage is a civil contract, and as such may be proved by admissions and acts of the parties without the necessity of any particular ceremony.
Nat. Pilot.
The Sandusky Clarion (Sandusky, Ohio) 28 Jun 1845
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