Johnson's Heirs v. Raphael
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by the heirs of William Johnson against Onezime Raphael. Judgment for defendant was reversed by the Court of Appeal, and he applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action instituted in January, 1906, to recover 60 arpents of land situated in the parish of Natchitoches. Both parties claim title under William *969Johnson, who died in the year 1894. Plaintiffs allege that they are children of William Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson, negro slaves, who contracted marriage and lived together as man and wife, with the consent and approbation of their mistress, until the close of the Civil War in 1865, and that by reason of the emancipation proclamation of the federal government on January 1, 1863, the marriage so contracted was validated, and…
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