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Show INT TO KNOW IF THEY ARE MAN AND WIFE John Woods has petitioned the dis-! dis-! trict court to determine whether he land Agnes Grimm Woods have been common law husband and wife. He asks that, if the court rules they have lived In legal marital relationship, the marriage be declared null and void and he be given the care and custody of two minor children, one 11 and the other 14 years of age. Another child, which is now 21 years old, is alleged to have been born to the parties. par-ties. In his petition. Mr. Woods states that he and the defendant began living liv-ing together as husband and wife in October, 1892, such relationship continuing con-tinuing until February, 1914, wheu the defendant deserted. During the time, three children were born, two of whom are now living with him Alleging cruelty on the part of the defendant, Lenora Ingebretsen has commenced divorce proceedings In the district court against Edgar Ingebret sen. She asks for restoration of her maiden name, Lenora Irwin, $100 alimony, ali-mony, community property and general gen-eral relief. The petition avers that the parties were married March 7, 1911. and that for some time past the defendant has been quarrelsome and ill tempered, calling her unbecoming names and otherwise mistreating her. oo |