Norwood v. Cobb

This suit was brought on a decree of the Court of Chancery of the State of Mississippi against George Norwood. At the institution of this suit, upon the decree, George Norwood was dead, and an administration on his estate had been taken. This suit was against his administratrix, one of the appellants in this Court, and against the other appellants who held a portion of the slaves claimed to have been the property of the deceased, under conveyances or bills of sale alleged to have been made with a fraudulent intent, to defeat the payment and satisfaction of the decree sued upon. The deeds…