Lamb v. Wragg
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit court of Montgomery. Trial of the right of property, before Judge Pickens. Defendants in error levied an execution upon sundry slaves, as the property of the defendant in the execution, which were claimed by plaintiff in error, as trustee for the wife of the defendant in the execution. Judgment was rendered against the plaintiff in error, who brought the case to this court for reyiew.
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Error to the Circuit court of Montgomery. Trial of the right of property, before Judge Pickens. Defendants in error levied an execution upon sundry slaves, as the property of the defendant in the execution, which were claimed by plaintiff in error, as trustee for the wife of the defendant in the execution. Judgment was rendered against the plaintiff in error, who brought the case to this court for reyiew. On the trial of the case, plaintiffs in execution proved that the property levied on had been in the possession of John J. Lide, the defendant in the execution, and that he had controlled…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
— The bill of exceptions, in this case, raises one question, touching Which, if our opinion be favorable to the defendants in error, we need not look far*78ther into the points raised at the trial. That question is this: Does a deed of gift, made by a father to a son-in-law, in trust for his wife,.(the daughter,) for and during the term of her natural life, and after her death, to such child or children of their marriage, as may then he living, vest a separate estate in the wife and daughter for life?
It may be laid down as a general rule, where property is given or bequeathed to a married woman,…
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