Prescott v. Prescott's Heirs

This bill was filed by three of t.he children and heirs of Mrs. Chloe Prescott, deceased, formerly Chloe Sawyer, against her other children and heirs and her husband, John H. Prescott, for a division of certain' slaves, which they allege became the property of the children of said Chloe after her death, under and by virtue of a clause in t.heir grandfather’s will. John H. Prescott, the father of the complainants, contests their claim, on the ground, first, that the will referred to gives them no interest in the slaves, and, secondly, that he had had them in posession as his own for many…