Sanderson v. Jones
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from, a decree of the Circuit Court for Duval county. The bill in this case was filed by Elizabeth S. L. Jones,, as Trustee,. &c., under the marriage settlement hereinafter set (forth, ánd Mary M. E. Harrison, wife of Robert Harririson,. Senior, by her next friend, Charles P. Cooper,, who. claims as cestui que trust under said settlement, and Robert Harrison, Junior, and others, children of said Robert Harrison and Mary M. E. Harrison, who claim as remainder-men under…
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Appeal from, a decree of the Circuit Court for Duval county. The bill in this case was filed by Elizabeth S. L. Jones,, as Trustee,. &c., under the marriage settlement hereinafter set (forth, ánd Mary M. E. Harrison, wife of Robert Harririson,. Senior, by her next friend, Charles P. Cooper,, who. claims as cestui que trust under said settlement, and Robert Harrison, Junior, and others, children of said Robert Harrison and Mary M. E. Harrison, who claim as remainder-men under said settlement, complainants against Robert Harrison, Sr., and John P. Sanderson. In the year 1813, in anticipation of…
1Opinion of the Court
BALTZELL C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This case depends upon the power of a husband, under a marriage settlement, to convey an interest in certain slaves, part of the property settled. Robert Harrison, Sr., previous to his intermarriage with his present wife, then Miss Mary M. Cooper, in connection with his intended wife, conveyed to trustees a large number of slaves, his own property, and also other property of hers “ in trust to the use and behoof of himself and his wife for and during their natural lives, and after the determination of that estate, in trust for the use, benefit…
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