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IN RE MARRIAGE OF GROTHER

No. 3-58807.

242 N.W.2d 1 (1976)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Clifford LeRoy GROTHER and Connie Mae Grother a/k/a Connie Mae Cady. Clifford LeRoy GROTHER, Appellant, v. Connie Mae GROTHER a/k/a Connie Mae Cady, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lew Eells, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Henry Keyes, Keyes & Crawford, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Heard by REYNOLDSON, Acting C.J., and LeGRAND, REES, UHLENHOPP and McCORMICK, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

The sole question in this appeal is the sufficiency of proof of a common-law marriage. The trial court found insufficient proof of the marriage and dismissed the action brought by petitioner Clifford LeRoy Grother to dissolve his alleged marriage to respondent "Connie Mae Grother a/k/a Connie Mae Cady." We affirm the trial court.

Since this is an equity case our review is de novo. The burden was on Clifford as proponent of the marriage...

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