Stratos v. Stratos’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Several years elapsed during which plaintiff successfully responded to treatment and was cured. Throughout the period of plaintiff’s treatment and for a considerable time thereafter, the parties lived as husband and wife. The impediment to marriage having been removed, the continued cohabitation of the parties under the circumstances hereinbefore set forth resulted in a valid common-law marriage.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 35 Wash. 2d 512 - In Re Estate of Gallagher

2. ““In 1928, when plaintiff went to live with defendant, she was still receiving medical treatment for a venereal disease and, therefore, was incapable of contracting a marriage. 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 12695 (Stat. Ann. § 25.6).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 35 Wash. 2d 512 - In Re Estate of Gallagher