Richmond v. Taylor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: Geobge Clementson, Circuit Judge. This action was begun originally in the county court of Grant county as a proceeding to determine heirship in the estate of Thomas Richmond, deceased.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: Geobge Clementson, Circuit Judge. This action was begun originally in the county court of Grant county as a proceeding to determine heirship in the estate of Thomas Richmond, deceased. The administrator of the estate in his petition for the settlement thereof alleged on information and belief that the deceased left' him surviving Martha Richmond, a daughter, his only child and sole heir at law, but that her right to the estate was denied by Henry Richmond, who claimed to be a brother of deceased. Upon the hearing in the county…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
Appellants contend the evidence shows (1) that Martha was born in wedlock; (2) if not, that she is the illegitimate child of Thomas Richmond; and (3) that he sufficiently acknowledged her in writing to be his child to entitle her to- inherit.
It appears from the evidence that Thomas Richmond was born a slave in Randolph county, Missouri, near College *636Mound, on the farm of Samuel Richmond, who owned his parents, John and Queen Richmond. They lived together in a separate cabin and continued to be the slaves of Samuel Richmond until slavery was abolished in Missouri about January 1, 1865. Thomas…
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