Coker v. Pitts

The present application, for the salé of? slaves for division, was made trader the act approved Peb- ■ ■ruary 5th, 1S56, which act was amendatory of the act approved February 15th, 1854, and of section 2677 of the Code. — See Pamphlet-Acts-of 1855-6, p. 20; Acts of-1853-4, p. 7. The petitioners in this case were not guardians of infants, or persons of wnsound ■mind ; but peti tioned in their own right,- they being adults.- The proof taken in the cause conclusively shows, that an. equitable “partition or division” of the slaves can not be made without a sale; but it is not shown, that it would…