Moore's Trustees v. Howe's Heirs

Opinion of the Court, by

Chief Justice Boyle.

In the year 1791, John Dunlap made and published his last will, which contained the following clauses. — “I will to my daughter Jane, one negro girl, named Nan, and issue, also one mulatto boy named Jack, until he is of the age of twenty-six years; and in that time, to be learned the art and mystery of shoe-maker, and to he 1 aught to, read, *200and when he comes to the age mentioned, then to be free; or at liberty to work or labor for himself;—also, one horse and saddle, and one cow; also, I will to my daughter Cynthia Kid, one negro boy named Captain,…