McClanahan v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the County of Alexandria, and sitting as a court of equity. The object of the bill was to reclaim the possession of certain slaves, and to compel an account and compensation for the value of certain other slaves, all of which were alleged to be the property of the complainant and appellant, in his character of administrator. The facts were these.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the County of Alexandria, and sitting as a court of equity. The object of the bill was to reclaim the possession of certain slaves, and to compel an account and compensation for the value of certain other slaves, all of which were alleged to be the property of the complainant and appellant, in his character of administrator. The facts were these. In 1797, one Elizabeth Edwards, an inhabitant of Northumberland .County and State of Virginia, by her last will and testament, bequeathed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, and County of Alexandria.
The bill was filed by the administrator of Thomas H. McClanahan against the defendants, to obtain possession of Lavinia, a slave, together with three children, Betsey, Polly, and Maria, and several grandchildren, which had been bequeathed by Elizabeth Edwards to Sarah Nutt, her daughter, for life, and after her deceasé to Elizabeth F. Nutt, a granddaughter, the wife of the complainant’s intestate. Elizabeth, the granddaughter, died, leaving the intestate, her husband, surviving, who died also,…
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