Wall's Guardian v. Coppedge
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to Ray Circuit Court- STATEMENT OP THE CASE. Defendants in error, by-their guardian, brought an action of detinue-against plaintiff ih error for the recovery of certain slaves..
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ERROR to Ray Circuit Court- STATEMENT OP THE CASE. Defendants in error, by-their guardian, brought an action of detinue-against plaintiff ih error for the recovery of certain slaves.. On the statutory plea tile cause was triod.at the-June-term, 1850. On the trial, defendants in error, plaintiff below, introduced a witness, George, who testified as to the value of the slaves — that they were in possession of defendants before and at the institution of this suit — that before suit plaintiffs demanded them and defendant refused to give them up. That J. R. Wall died before the suit was brought…
1Opinion of the CourtRoland, J.
Prom the above statement it will be seen, that the main question in this case arises on the will of Jno. R. Wall, the father of the defendants in error who were plaintiffs below.
The plaintiff in error, the defendant below, claims the slaves sued for in right of his late wife Janette Coppedge, who had been the wife of said Jno. R. Wall. Her right was derived under the following clause of the will of her former husband, Wall, namely: “I desire that my wife, Janette, shall have the use and benefit of all my estate, both real and personal, so long as she shall remain my widow, or until my son…
2Cited by1 opinion
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