Scoggins v. Barnes

Deaderiok, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court..

The bill and amended bill show that complainant,, a colored woman, and Harriet Walker are sisters, both being illegitimate, and born of the same mother.

Complainant alleges that her sister first married one-Penny, and after his death married Walker, and died in August, 1869, leaving her husband surviving, but leaving no child and no mother nor brother nor sister except herself, and she files this bill to recover certain real estate which said Harriet owned at the time of her death, situated in the city of Memphis.

The defendants demurred to the…