Note 641 — Chapter XVIII · PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
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The common-law marriage was sustained in Cheseldine v. Brewer (1739), 1 Har. and McH., 152; overruled and the opposite doctrine supported in Denison v. Denison (1871), 35 Md., 361. In Jackson v. Jackson (1894), 80 Md., 176-96, it is held that the "fact that the marriage was performed by a clergyman may be inferred from the evidence." Cf. Bishop, Mar., Div., and Sep., I, sec. 416, p. 179.