Dillard v. Harris

The Chancellor:

— In the month of February, 1856, John L. Harris died in Bolivar county, Miss., leaving as his *197only heirs and distributees brothers and sisters and the children of a deceased sister. He owned, at the time of his death, a plantation in said county known as Indian Point, some slaves and personal property, and an interest in the profits, if any, of a partnership between him and his brother, Benjamin D. Harris, in working the Indian Point plantation. This partnership seems to have been entered into in 1854, and was only in the profits and losses, which were to be borne equally.…