Smith v. Croom
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Leon Circuit Court, This was a hill in chancery, instituted by the appellants as complainants below against the appellees. Hardy B. Oroom and his wife Frances, his daughter Henrietta, his son ‘William and his daughter Justina, all perished by the wreck of the steamboat Home, 9th October, 1837. Mrs. Frances Croom was the daughter of complainant, Henrietta Smith, and the sister of complainant, Elizabeth Armistead.
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Appeal from Leon Circuit Court, This was a hill in chancery, instituted by the appellants as complainants below against the appellees. Hardy B. Oroom and his wife Frances, his daughter Henrietta, his son ‘William and his daughter Justina, all perished by the wreck of the steamboat Home, 9th October, 1837. Mrs. Frances Croom was the daughter of complainant, Henrietta Smith, and the sister of complainant, Elizabeth Armistead. If any of the children of Hardy B. Croom survived him, the estate personal of that child or children, by the statute of North Carolina, goes in distribution to the “ next…
1Opinion of the CourtDuPont, J.
*139This cause arose out of the disastrous events connected with the loss of the ill-fated Steamer “ Home” on her passage from the city of New York to the city of Charleston, S. C., on the night of the 9th of October, 1837. Hardy B. Croom and family, consisting of his wife and three children ■ — Henrietta Mary aboutsixteen, William Henry about thirteen and Justina about seven years of age — were passengers on board the steamer and were amongst those that were lost. Mrs. Camack a relative, also constituted one of the family upon that occasion. The bill was filed to determine the succession to such…
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