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BOWERS v. WYOMING STATE TREASURER, ETC.

No. 4227.

593 P.2d 182 (1979)

Lela M. BOWERS, widow of Deceased Thomas Ira Bowers, Appellant (Claimant below), v. WYOMING STATE TREASURER, ex rel. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Objector-Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey J. Gonda, Lonabaugh & Vanderhoef, Sheridan, for appellant.

John J. Rooney, Atty. Gen. and Daniel E. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before RAPER, C.J., McCLINTOCK, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ., and GUTHRIE, J., Retired.

McCLINTOCK, Justice.

Lela M. Bowers claimed worker's compensation benefits as surviving widow of Thomas Ira Bowers. Her claim of widowhood was based on an alleged common-law marriage consummated in the State of Texas, which recognizes such marriages.1 The trial court rejected her claim for the sole reason that she was not the survivor of a "marriage solemnized by a legal ceremony," as required by applicable Wyoming statutes,

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