Jones v. Squire
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second. Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge: Harney F. Brunot, Judge. Action by Amelia Jones and another against Pompey Squire. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The parties to this suit are colored, and so are all the witnesses upon whose testimony depends the question of the good faith of the plaintiff’s mother in marrying the defendant while her first husband was still living, upon which good faith the right of action of plaintiff, as heir of her mother, depends.
Shortly after the war, October 1, 1865, on the Perkins plantation, about two miles from the city of Baton Rouge, plaintiff’s mother and father, Ephey Wilson and Nelson Smith, twó ex slaves, were married. The latter, now an old man living in Texas, whose testimony was taken by commission,…
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