Cockrell v. Gurley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Franklin. Heard before the Hon. A J. Walked. This bill was filed by the appellants, John B. Cockrell and Mary Ann his wife, against Davis Gurley, to protect said Mary Ann's alleged remainder in certain slaves which were in the defendant’s possession.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Franklin. Heard before the Hon. A J. Walked. This bill was filed by the appellants, John B. Cockrell and Mary Ann his wife, against Davis Gurley, to protect said Mary Ann's alleged remainder in certain slaves which were in the defendant’s possession. It alleged, that Henry B. Haley, who was the father of complainant Mary Ann, died in Kentucky, in .1825, “leaving his widow, Elizabeth Haley, and their said daughter Mary Ann, the sole heirs of his estate; that the widow afterwards married one William Dickey, who is still living and residing in Kentucky ; that…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
—The object of the suit is, to protect the title of the complainants to the remainder in certain slaves ; and the bill avers, that one Henry B. Haley died in the State of Kentucky, in 1825, leaving his widow Elizabeth, and the complainant Mary Ann Cockrell, then Mary Ann Haley, his only child; that letters of administration were taken out by one Maximilian Haley, “ and that some time thereafter, dower was assigned and allotted to the said Elizabeth in her said husband’s estate, and among the negroes so allotted was a negro woman by the name of Chaney”, who is one of the slaves in relation to…
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