WALKER, Justice.
This suit was brought to recover the death benefits payable to the widow of a workman under the Workman's Compensation Law. George Brown was the workman. Merenda Brown, the plaintiff, and Margaret Brown, a defendant, each claim to be the widow of George Brown. George Brown, Merenda Brown and Margaret Brown were negroes. Merenda Brown's claim is founded upon a common law marriage with George Brown which, she testified, was entered into in Louisiana...
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