Buchanan v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. It has been insisted from the beginning by the defendants in error, that the case of Johnson v. Johnson’s administrator, 30 Mo. 72, determines this case in accordance with the judgments of the courts below. Col. Johnson had but one wife in the Indian country, a daughter of the Indian chief “Keokuk.”
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. It has been insisted from the beginning by the defendants in error, that the case of Johnson v. Johnson’s administrator, 30 Mo. 72, determines this case in accordance with the judgments of the courts below. Col. Johnson had but one wife in the Indian country, a daughter of the Indian chief “Keokuk.” In this case, the defendants in error assume that A. W. Harvey was married to two Indian women at the same time, of the Blackfeet tribe, under the customs of that tribe, and had one daughter by each of them — the wards of the defendants in error. It may be…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
Alexander M. Harvey, who had resided for many years in the Indian country, died in that country on the Missouri river, near the mouth of the Yellowstone, in 1854. For many years before his death, and up to the time of his death, he had two wives, who were sisters, and of the Blackfeet tribe of Indians. They were both considered and treated by him as his lawful wives, and he had by each one of them a daughter. These daughter's, Susan and Adeline, who were of about the same age, he brought to St. Louis, when they were four or five years old, and confided them to his brother, who lived at St.…
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