Mason v. Mason's executors

OPINION of the Court, b\

Judge Owsley.

— Charles Mason, in i SO-f, made his will, and after direcnng his debts and funeral expenses to be paid, bequeathed to his wife Polly Mason 1500 pounds, his black mare and his household furniture ; and by a further bequest ordered that all his slaves, filtren in number, should be hired out until the sum given to his wife should be raised, after the sale of his stock of all kinds and personal estate to the best advantage, and then he willed the said slaves, describing them specially by name, and their offspring, to be free. After making this will the…