Young v. Young
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of La Fayette county; Eton. Hugh R. Miller, judge. This was an action instituted in the circuit court of La Fayette county by Henry Young, guardian of Marcus D. Young, a minor, against George Young, administrator of the estate of John Young, deceased, to recover a certain negro and his hire for a certain time.
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In error from the circuit court of La Fayette county; Eton. Hugh R. Miller, judge. This was an action instituted in the circuit court of La Fayette county by Henry Young, guardian of Marcus D. Young, a minor, against George Young, administrator of the estate of John Young, deceased, to recover a certain negro and his hire for a certain time. It was in evidence, that in the year 1842, John Young, then a citizen of the State of Alabama, expressed a determination to divide his negro property among his children, and fixed on a day not far distant when he desired his children to attend at his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisi-iek
This was. an action in the circuit court of La Fayette ‘County, by Henry S. Young, as guardian of Marcus D. Young, against George Young, as administrator of John Young, de.ceased, to recover a certain slave, and hire for a certain time. The plaintiff below obtained a verdict and judgment; whereupon the defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was *47overruled, when a bill of exceptions was taken, embodying the evidence.
The proof is, that John Young, the intestate, and father of Marcus D. Young, in the year 1842, called his children together and gave to each of them certain slaves; those…
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