Blair v. Dade's

Judge Simpson

delivered the opinion of the Couit.

In September, 1826, William Mayo, the father of Mrs. Ann Dade, wife of Lawrence T. Dade, executed a deed to Robert A. Mayo, as trustee, in which he conveyed to him a slave named Ellen, to hold in trust for the separate use of his daughter, Ann Dade and her children, during the life of her husband, at whose death the slave was to belong to his daughter and her heirs, absolutely.

Afterwards, in October, 1S34, Lawrence T. Dade executed a deed of trust to C. C. Macon, conveying to him as trustee, for the benefit of his wife, Ann Dade, three female…