Dunwoodie v. . Carrington

Warren, the plaintiff, as executor of Dunwoodie, hired the slaves sued for two years successively to the defendant, who on the expiration of the last year refused to restore them, resting his defense on the last will of Henry Dunwoodie, the plaintiff's testator, in which he devises all his property to his wife Elizabeth during her life, and after her death the negro Jude, one of those sued for and mother to the rest, to his grandson Absalom. To his grandson James he bequeaths £ 50 after the death of his wife, to arise out of his estate. To his son John one shilling; to his daughter Nancy one…