Meekins v. Meekins

Hart, J.,

(after stating’ the facts.) The principal reliance of counsel for appellant for a reversal of the decree is based upon the construction to be given to § 7040 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, which was an act _ approved February 6,1867. It reads as follows:

“All negroes and mulattoes who are now cohabiting as husband and wife, and recognizing each other as such, shall be deemed lawfully married from the passage of this act, and shall be subject to all the obligations, and entitled to all the rights appertaining to the marriage relation; and in all cases, where such persons now are, or have…