Miles v. Blanton

In October, 1826, Reuben S. Gale, for the purpose of securing to Harrison Blanton three hundred and fifty dol- , °, . , , it- , , J lars which he owed him, mortgaged to. him five horses and all his “undivided interest” in the slaves then in the possession of his mother, as the administratrix of his father’s estate.

In February, 1827, the administratrix and distributees made a division and distribution of the slaves, leaving to the administratrix all of them, except three, for paying debts, and allotting to Reuben S. Gale, only one slave, named Susan. The mortgage had been previously recorded…