Vaughan v. Parr
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. Abner A. Stith, Circuit Judge. For the appellant we make the following points: That Sarah Coor took a life estate only in the woman. 23 Wend. Rep. 452; 3 Murph. (N. C.) Rep. 549; 1 Dess. Rep. 253; 14 Ark. 607. Appellant’s intestate and her brother, Council B., took the remainder. 1 Bay’s Rep. 457; 1 Dess. R. 271; 2 McCord’s R. 440; 4 John. Rep. 61; 3 Barb.
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Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. Abner A. Stith, Circuit Judge. For the appellant we make the following points: That Sarah Coor took a life estate only in the woman. 23 Wend. Rep. 452; 3 Murph. (N. C.) Rep. 549; 1 Dess. Rep. 253; 14 Ark. 607. Appellant’s intestate and her brother, Council B., took the remainder. 1 Bay’s Rep. 457; 1 Dess. R. 271; 2 McCord’s R. 440; 4 John. Rep. 61; 3 Barb. S. C. R. 387. The remainder-man’s rights could not be cut off by the acts of the tenant for life, or executor. 1 Dev. Sp Batt. Eq. Rep. 460. Appellant’s intestate and Council B. took…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice English
On the 15th day of February, 1851, James Yaughan, as administrator of Kitsey Ann Reiley, deceased, filed a bill against Wm. Parr, in the Ouachita Circuit Court, for injunction, etc., and for the recovery of a slave named Jenny, and her children, eight in number, with hire, etc.
The cause was heard upon the pleadings and evidence, at the October term, 1856, the bill dismissed for want of equity, and Yaughan appealed.
The title of complainant’s intestate is derived as follows:
In the year 1824, Mary Croom, of Wayne county, North Carolina, made her will, which contained, among others, the following…
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