Lyon v. Knott
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. John Knott and Elizabeth Knott, his wife, filed their bill in the superior court of chancery against James M. Lyon and others, to recover certain slaves in their possession; and they charge in their bill, that the said Lyon, some time in the year 1844, in this State, in the county of Copiah, intermarried with Ma-lissa Speed, who, at the time of marriage, owned and possessed in her own right a…
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. John Knott and Elizabeth Knott, his wife, filed their bill in the superior court of chancery against James M. Lyon and others, to recover certain slaves in their possession; and they charge in their bill, that the said Lyon, some time in the year 1844, in this State, in the county of Copiah, intermarried with Ma-lissa Speed, who, at the time of marriage, owned and possessed in her own right a number of slaves. That after the marriage of the parties, they removed to the State of Texas, and there became domiciled;…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
This bill was filed in the superior court of chancery, to recover certain slaves, claimed by the appellee Mrs. Knott, under the law of the State of Texas, regulating the descent and distribution of personal property. A demurrer was filed to the bill, which was overruled, and an appeal taken to this court.
The facts alleged in the bill are as follow, to wit: — The defendant Lyon intermarried with Mrs. Malissa Speed, in the month of April, 1844. The marriage was celebrated in Copiah county in this State, where both parties were then…
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