Trotter v. Blocker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit court of Lawrence county. Bill in Chancery. Richard Trotter, adm’r, with the will annexed, of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of William Butler, late of the said county, deceased, at the Spring term of the said court, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, filed-his bill, stating, that said William Butler, deceased, did, on the twenty-ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, sign, seal, publish and de-:…
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Error to the Circuit court of Lawrence county. Bill in Chancery. Richard Trotter, adm’r, with the will annexed, of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of William Butler, late of the said county, deceased, at the Spring term of the said court, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, filed-his bill, stating, that said William Butler, deceased, did, on the twenty-ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, sign, seal, publish and de-: clare, his last will and testament, by which he declared that it was his will and desire, that his just debts should be…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
The plaintiff filed his bill on the equity side of the Circuit court of Lawrence, alleging that William Butler, late of that county, did, in August, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, make his last will and testament, in which, among other bequests, he declares, — “It is my will and desire, after my death, that all and every one of my negro slaves be free and emancipated, they and their heirs, forever. — I give and bequeath unto my said negroes, all my plantation utensils, and my kitchen furniture, and give them one year’s clothing, one year’s provision, out of my estate, and should the laws of…
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