Whittington v. McCaskill

Citations

• 65 Fla. 162
• 61 So. 236

Syllabus

<p>Although marriages between white persons and negro persons are prohibited in this State both by the constitution and statutes, where such a marriage takes place in another State between such persons who are bona fide residents of such State and who continue to reside there until the death of the wife, and such marriage is valid in the State where consummated, the husband is entitled to and takes, under the provisions of section 2295 of the General Statutes of 1000, all the property of the wife situated in this State, where she dies intestate, without leaving any children or their descendants surviving her.</p>