Baugh v. Baugh

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Owsxa s.

—Upon ^,c debth of the father of the appellant, and the appellee Abraham, the appellant brought suit in the court of chancery in the state of Virginia, for the purpose of obtaining from Abraham one moiety of the slaves now in contest, the right whereof was asserted under the will of the father.

qqic chancellor in that state being of opinion the will gave to the appellant one moiety of the slaves, pronounc-ed an interlocutory decree accordingly; but before the ^CiTee couhl bo made final, the appellee Abraham re-moved himself and the slaves to this country ;…