Snoddy v. Haskins
Supreme Court of Virginia
In November 18S2, Martha E. Snoddy obtained an injunction to restrain the sale of a slave in which she ^claimed a life estate, and which had been levied upon under an execution issued in the name of Haskins and Terry against William M. Tyree for two hundred and sixty-three dollars, with interest thereon from the 19th of February 1841, until paid. In her bill she stated that Robert W. Snoddy died in 1845 intestate, leaving her his widow and three children.
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In November 18S2, Martha E. Snoddy obtained an injunction to restrain the sale of a slave in which she ^claimed a life estate, and which had been levied upon under an execution issued in the name of Haskins and Terry against William M. Tyree for two hundred and sixty-three dollars, with interest thereon from the 19th of February 1841, until paid. In her bill she stated that Robert W. Snoddy died in 1845 intestate, leaving her his widow and three children. That John C. Snoddy qualified as administrator upon his estate; and in 1849 he had a division of the estate under an order of the County…
1Opinion of the Court
*SAMUEIyS, J.
A question is "made whether this court has jurisdiction to try this cause under the statute, Sessions Acts of 1852, p. 53, ? 9. The slave, on which the execution is levied, is alleged to be of the value of six hundred and fifty dollars; but the debt, interest and costs, for which the execution issued, make an amount less than five hundred dollars. It has been said that the appellant, and those having the like interest with her, may relieve the slave from the lien of the execution, by payment of a sum less than five hundred dollars; and further, that the price of the slave, if…
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