William C. S. Ventress, Executors of Lovic Ventress, Deceased, in Error v. Neal Smith, Administrator of John Clark, Deceased
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error 10 the district court of the United States for the district of Mississippi. John Clark, of the state of ÁIabamaKdíed in 1818, owning and posssessed of certain slaves; and after his decease, administration of his estate was granted to his widow. She afterwards intermarried with John Farrington, and an inventory of the estate was filed, the slaves being included in the same.
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IN error 10 the district court of the United States for the district of Mississippi. John Clark, of the state of ÁIabamaKdíed in 1818, owning and posssessed of certain slaves; and after his decease, administration of his estate was granted to his widow. She afterwards intermarried with John Farrington, and an inventory of the estate was filed, the slaves being included in the same. On the first day of November, 1819, Neal Smith, and his co-security for the administratrix, by an application to the proper court, had the letters of administration revoked, on the ground that the administratrix…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This case comes up from the district,court of the district of Mississippi, upon a writ of error. It is an action of detinue, to recover five negro slaves, of which John Clark, deceased, was the- owner. The plaintiff, in the court below, prosecuted, as administrator ad colligendum, under letters of administration granted by the judge of probate of Wilkinson county, in the state of Mississippi. The action appears, by the record, to have been, commenced in the year 1822 against Lovic Ventress.; and after the cause was at issue, and before trial, Lovic Ventress died, and a scire facias, tested…
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