Carver v. Maxwell

Ejectment for a small lot of land lying in DeKalb ■county. The complainants, the children of a former ■slave, and the issue of a slave marriage, claim the property as heirs at law; and the defendant claims under a •deed made by the widow, who was the second wife of the slave referred to.

*78The first marriage was both entered into and terminated during the slave period, according to the customs of. that time appertaining to slave marriages in this State, and the second marriage was also entered into during the slave period; but cohabitation thereunder was continued after the slaves were…