Hansford v. Hansford
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of Error to the Court of Chancery for the 11th District. Brin by Girard Hansford, describing himself as a free man of color, against Maria Hansford, who is not described as colored, his wife, for a divorce. The bill charges that the parties were married on the 15th November, 1825, in accordance with the laws of Alabama.
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Writ of Error to the Court of Chancery for the 11th District. Brin by Girard Hansford, describing himself as a free man of color, against Maria Hansford, who is not described as colored, his wife, for a divorce. The bill charges that the parties were married on the 15th November, 1825, in accordance with the laws of Alabama. The ground for filing the bill is the alledged adultery of the wife, and charges the birth of a child, pronounced by individuals to be White, with blue eyes, and it is charged that the defendant admitted the child was white, and she declared her intention that all…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
1. The chief point in this cause is that part of the decree which determines the children shall be committed to the charge of the father. It is now said the *563chancellor had no jurisdiction over the subject matter, or if he has, that it can be exercised upon petition only, and when that object is the sole matter of investigation. The legislation upon the subject, seems to be confined to two acts, both passed at the same session of the legislature, the.one providing for the disposition of the children in all cases of separation, when neither party shall obtain a divorce; the other investing the…
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