Barnidge v. Kilpatrick
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by J. J. Barnidge and wife against Charles M. Kilpatrick. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, C. J.
The plaintiffs are the father and mother of Lemiie Barnidge, now the wife of W. K. Poole. The defendant is clerk of the district court for the parish of Rapides.
It is alleged that he, in his capacity of clerk of court, issued on the 5th of December, 1902, a license authorizing any minister of the gospel, judge, or justice of the peace, to unite in the bonds of matrimony their said daughter Lennie and W. K. Poole, and that, under and by virtue of said license, J. R. Hart, justice of the peace, solemnized said marriage.
That at the time said license was…
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