Thurber v. Board of Health

Relator addressed a petition to the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, alleging that his mother, Marie Amelia Micaela de Armas, was of pure ’Caucasian blood, and that, notwithstanding, the defendant, in keeping the vital statistics of the city1, has, in making a record of her death, erroneously described her as colored, by inserting the word “colored” after her name. He alleges that he and his wife are of the Caucasian race, and that, unless the error is corrected, it will affect their social and political status, the validity of their marriage, and the legitimacy and standing of…