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Show filcto Case Disposed of by Court Mrs. WlcCune Sought Damages Dam-ages for Death of Alleged Al-leged Husband. Now John McCuno Produces Mar-riago Mar-riago Certificate and Secures a Decree. John McCune, whose wife, Mary A. McCune. denied having been married to him, obtained a divorce in Judge Stewart's Stew-art's court yesterday. Desertion was the ground for the action. Although Mrs. McCune had filed an answer to her husband's complaint, Kiylng that they had never been married, sho was not represented In court, and the case wont by default. McCune filed a pult some time ago. He said that his wife had left him nnd gone to Eureka. He had twice begged her to come back to him. Onco he went down to Eureka, where she was living with nnother man, and asked her to come back to his home. Each time she refused. A little over a week ago Mrs. McCune Mc-Cune filed an answer, denying that she had ever been married to the plaintiff. However, she confessed a dissolution of whatever bonds had existed between them. McCunc-'s lawyer produced a marriage mar-riage certllleate, showing that the pair had been married In Salt Lake City by the Rev. Fred MorrI of St- Mark's cathedral. Mrs. McCune's maiden name was Mary Ann Johnson. He further produced witnesses to show that Mrs. McCune had been living liv-ing In Eureka with a man named Christie. They had lived together as man and wife. When Christie was killed in the Bullion Beck mine aim McCuno brought suit against the Bullion Bul-lion Beck Mining company to obtain damages for Christie's death. |