Farnsworth v. Dinsmore
Tennessee Supreme Court
This was a bill filed in the Chancery Court at Greene-ville, upon the facts so fully set forth in the ojfin-ion. At the May Term, 184J, the cause was heard, Chancellor Williams presiding., There was a decree for the respondents, and the complainants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTotteN, J.
*39In 1818, Samuel Dinsmore died intestate, leaving bis wife Elizabeth and nine children surviving him. The said Elizabeth administered on his estate. The estate consisted of two-hundred acres of land, the homestead: a slave, Fanny, and small personal effects. The Admin-istratrix caused the slave and personal effects to be sold in 1818, and herself became the purchaser of the slave and of a portion of the personal effects. In 1833, an agreement was made for the settlement of the estate, by the Administratrix and her children. It was to the effect that the Administratrix convey to her children…
2Cited by1 opinion
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