Williams v. . Britton

This was an action of debt on a bond executed by William Britton, with the defendants as his sureties, upon his obtaining letters of administration upon the estate of one Hodges Harrel. The breach assigned was that Britton wrongfully delivered the slaves to the widow, instead of making distribution of them among the next of kin of the intestate.

It was in evidence that Hodges Harrel died in January, 1838, and at the ensuing February term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Bertie County letters of administration were committed to William Britton, who gave the bond upon which this…