Reaves v. Garrett's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clare. The material facts of this case, as disclosed by the bill, answer, and testimony, may be thus stated : Jane E. Garrett, the daughter of John Garrett, was married to Nathan B. Garrett in September, 1841, in this State.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clare. The material facts of this case, as disclosed by the bill, answer, and testimony, may be thus stated : Jane E. Garrett, the daughter of John Garrett, was married to Nathan B. Garrett in September, 1841, in this State. At the fall term, 1851, of the circuit court of Chambers, Nathan Garrett obtained a judgment against John Garrett, in an action of trover for the conversion of slaves, for more than f1,000; and in compromise and satisfaction of this judgment, as well as in consideration of natural love and…
1Opinion of the Court
A. J. WALKER, O. J.
Mrs. Garrett, (now the wife of complainant Reaves,) under the deed of John Garrett, made in 1851, took a separate estate, for her life at least, in the two slaves, Henry'and Malinda. Whether she took a larger estate, is a question which has not been considered by counsel, and it is not indispensable for us to decide it. By agreement, all claim, so far as Malinda is concerned, is abandoned. The will of Mrs. Garrett’s deceased husband, made after 1851, bequeaths all the testator’s property to her, during her life or widowhood; and Henry is specified as a part of the property…
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