Wiley v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; S. Allen Bordelon, Judge. Action by George Wiley against George Stewart. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Judgment set aside, and judgment ordered for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Edmund Wiley and Rose Wiley contracted a slave marriage, which was continued after the Civil War, and which has been declared to have been a legal marriage. Wiley v. Bowman, 144 La. 181, 80 South. 243. There was one son, George, issue of that marriage, who was recognized as the forced heir of Edmund Wiley in the above-entitled suit; Edmund and Rose separated after the war, and Rose died in 1876 or 1877. Subsequently Edmund acquired the property which is in controversy in this suit.
Sandy Alexander Stuart and Eliza Bowman also contracted a slave marriage, but it is not certain whether or not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wiley v. BowmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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