Show SLAVE CHIlDREN California Supreme Court Says Offspring of Marriages Be Before Before Before fore Civil War ar Illegal SAN SA FRANCISCO May 7 Accord AccordIng Ing to a a 3 majority decision of the time state court rendered today lo ay chil children children dren born of contract marriages of or slaves before the Civil war art are not nol legitimate Issues Tho The opinion was given g vell In the case of Mary Jane June Steph Stephens ens nn an aged who was sued sue by b her lter children for an accounting of or oran an estate valued at left to liner lier by 11 their father Basil Campbell Justice wrote a dissent dissenting dissenting ing In opinion In which ho said saidI lOr I cannot allow allots o e doctrine which I deem so repugnant to humanity to receive even the slightest sanction of my acquiescence without a n pro protest protest protest test |