Note 882 — Chapter XIV · OPTIONAL CIVIL OR ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES
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The American witnesses for the claimant cited Jackson v. Gilchrist (15 Johnson, Rep., 89); Constantine v. Windle (6 Hill, Rep., 176); Humbert v. Trinity Church (24 Wendell, Rep., 625): Hoffman, Chancery Practice (2d ed., New York, 1843); Revised Statutes of N. Y. (ed. 1830), 729; and Fenton v. Reed (4 Johnson, Rep., 52), the leading case for "common-law" marriage.