Piers v Piers

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1849
Date1849
CourtHouse of Lords (England)
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8 cases
  • Steadman v Steadman
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Junio 1974
    ...purporting to be husband and wife were not married, especially if there had been some ceremony ( Morris v. Davies (1839) 5 Cl. &Fin. 163; Piers v. Piers (1848) 2 H.L. Cas. 331; Hill v. Hill [1959] 1 W.L.R. 127, P.C.). Or to prove the abandonment of a domicile of origin ( Winans v. Attorney-......
  • Mulhern v Clery
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court (Irish Free State)
    • 2 Mayo 1930
    ... ... pro matrimonio —arises in favour of the validity of such marriage unless it be displaced by clear and cogent evidence to the contrary: Piers v. Piers (2) ; In re Shepherd, George v. Thyer (3) ; Sastry Velaider Aronegaryv. Sembecutty Vaigalie (4) ; In re Estate of M'Loughlin (5) ... The ... ...
  • Chew Pen Hock; Chin Moi and Another
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 Enero 1976
  • Re Taylor, decd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 9 Noviembre 1960
    ...two text books the sentence in Powell at page 342: "As was said by Lord Lyndhurst in Morris v. Davies, and approved by Lord Cottenham in Piers v. Piers, this presumption of law" — that is the presumption that they have been married if they have cohabited long together as man and wife and be......
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