Gorin v. Gordon
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Wilkinson county. Hon. Stanhope Posey, chancellor. This was a bill filed by the children of Hugh W. Wormly and Mary Wormly, his wife, to recover possession of certain slaves, which they claim under an antenuptial settlement, executed between their parents and a trustee.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Wilkinson county. Hon. Stanhope Posey, chancellor. This was a bill filed by the children of Hugh W. Wormly and Mary Wormly, his wife, to recover possession of certain slaves, which they claim under an antenuptial settlement, executed between their parents and a trustee. The bill shows, that the settlement was executed in the year 180T; and that the property conveyed in it by said Hugh Wormly, was a vested remainder, which he then owned in certain property, which had theretofore been settled by his father, to the use of his ■ mother during their joint lives,…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The only question presented by the assignment of error here, arises out of the construction of the deed between Hugh W. Wormly, Mary Strode, and Thomas Strode, trustee, under which complainants in this bill claim to derive their title to the slaves in controversy. A demurrer was filed to the bill in the court below, which was sustained, and the bill dismissed.
The deed, so far as the same is material to be considered, is as follows: “ He, the said Hugh Wallace Wormly, has bargained, sold, aliened, and confirmed, and by these presents, doth bargain, sell, alien, and convey, and confirm, unto…
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