Allen v. Allen
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 14 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, Myers’s Supplement, 735. 2 Bush, 278. 7 Bush, 656. 2 Kent’s Commentaries, 216.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a controversy between two colored persons, formerly slaves, who while in that condition were married, and lived during their bondage in the relation of husband and wife) according to the recognized custom of negro slaves in Kentucky; but who, on becoming free, did not, by complying with the statute in relation to the marriage of such persons or otherwise, continue their assumed marital relations; but, on the contrary, the appellee,'Charles Allen, abandoned the *491appellant and married another woman; retaining the control, however, of Henry…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Estill v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1866
- Stewart v. MunchandlerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
- Ewing v. BibbCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1870
3Cited by1 opinion
- Botts v. BottsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900