Murdock v. Potter

Plaintiff was born on March 20, 1889. His mother was Fannie Williams, a colored woman, who at the time of plaintiff’s conception and birth was unmarried, and his father was Dave Murdock, a single man, of the Caucasian race. Plaintiff lived *148with his mother until her death, which occurred in the year 1896. The mother acknowledged plaintiff orally as her child, cared for him, and held him out to the world as such. When his mother died, plaintiff was then only 7 years of age. His grandmother, Eliza Williams, after the mother’s death, took charge of plaintiff, and cared for him until he grew old…