BROWN v. BROWN

No. 4805.

256 S.W.2d 143 (1953)

BROWN v. BROWN.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulmer & Fairchild, Nacogdoches, for appellant.

Burns & Grumbles, Houston, Dies & Anderson, Lufkin, for appellee.


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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