Powell v. Glenn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. TURNER Eeavis. This was an action of trover, brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff, for the conversion of a slave, which the plaintiffs claimed under the will of their grandfather, Eobert Graves. The clauses of the will bearing on the questions involved, will be found in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. TURNER Eeavis. This was an action of trover, brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff, for the conversion of a slave, which the plaintiffs claimed under the will of their grandfather, Eobert Graves. The clauses of the will bearing on the questions involved, will be found in the opinion of the court. The plaintiffs introduced the will, and then proved that they were the children of Sarah Glenn, one of the testator’s daughters, who departed this life before the defendant acquired possession of said negro, and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtDargan, C. J.
— The material question in this case arises upon the construction of the will of Robert Graves, deceased. By the fourth clause, he gave to his daughter, Mary Ann, and to the heirs of her body begotten, two negro girls, a negro woman and child. The fifth clause is as follows: “I will and devise to my daughter, Sarah Glenn, and to the heirs of her *465body begotten, a negro woman named Betty, of the age of twenty-six, and a negro boy named Sam, of the age of fifteen.” The sixth clause is in the following language: “ It is hereby declared more fully tobe my intention, that the negroes willed and…
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