Barksdale v. Butler

In the year 1834 John Overstreet died, leaving a will, by which, among other things, he bequeathed •■certain slaves to his wife for life or during widowhood, then to his three children. The widow intermarried with one Henry Sadler, but the children allowed the slaves to remain with the widow during her life. She died in February, 1857, and her husband died in the latter part of 1858, leaving a will, which was proved and admitted to record at the January term, 1859, of the county court. In the meantime, in 1855, two of the Overstreet children had filed a bill to secure the slaves, upon an…