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LAMAR, ET AL. v. SHOEMAKE, ADMR., ETC.

No. 41359.

238 Miss. 90 (1960)

117 So.2d 716

LAMAR, et al. v. SHOEMAKE, ADMR., ETC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 1, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, Jackson; E.L. Lamar, Pittsboro, for appellants.

Horan & Horan, Water Valley; Paul M. Moore, Calhoun City, for appellees.

ETHRIDGE, J.

(Hn 1) The principal question is whether there was any substantial evidence to support the finding of the chancery court that appellee, Lometa Marie Moore Lamar, contracted a common-law marriage with James C. Lamar before his death in 1957.

This issue was tried on a bill of interpleader filed in the Chancery Court of Calhoun County by W.J. Shoemake, administrator of the estate of James C...

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