Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1855

Midgett v. . McBryde

Midgett v. . McBryde
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided December 5, 1855 · Pearson
48 N.C. 21

Midgett v. . McBryde

Opinion of the Court

Pearson, J.

The County Court, under the Statute, (Rev. Code, cli. 5, sec. 1,) has power to bind out all free base-born children of color, without reference to the occupation or condition of the mother. .That provision of the Statute which relates to the occupation or employment of the parents is confined to cases of free negroes and mulattoes AAdiose children are legitimate. In such cases, if the parents have no honest *23 ■or industrious occupation, the children may be bound out. These considerations do not arise when the child is a bastard.

Dee Curiam.

Judgment affirmed.

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