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TOYE v. TOYE

No. 2715.

170 A.2d 778 (1961)

Mary M. TOYE, Appellant, v. Leo A. TOYE, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 19, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice R. Weeks, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

J. Franklin Bourne, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant, alleging a common-law marriage between herself and appellee, sued for a divorce on the ground of five years' voluntary separation.1 Though personally served, appellee did not appear and was represented by court-appointed counsel. The trial court held that appellant's evidence failed to establish a common-law marriage and dismissed the complaint. Appellant says this was error.

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