Note 654 — Chapter XVIII · PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
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In Peck v. Peck (1880), 12 R. I., 485-89, the court declined to decide whether a common-law contract is valid, there being no prohibitory language in the statute. Cf. also S. v. Boyle (1882), 13 R. I., 537; and Ben. Association v. Carpenter (1892), 17 R. I., 720. In Williams v. Herrick (1899), 21 R. I., 401-3, the court appears to favor the validity of a marriage without a formal ceremony, if begun with "matrimonial intent."