MEISTER v. MOORE


96 U.S. 76 (1877)

MEISTER v. MOORE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.W. Weir for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. M.W. Acheson, contra.


MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

The learned judge of the Circuit Court instructed the jury, that, if neither a minister nor a magistrate was present at the alleged marriage of William A. Mowry and the daughter of the Indian Pero, the marriage was invalid under the Michigan statute; and this instruction is now alleged to have been erroneous. It certainly withdrew from the consideration of the jury all...

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