Nixon v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Andrew B. Moore. Detinue for certain slaves, by the executor of John Robbins, deceased, against Richard J. Nixon.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Andrew B. Moore. Detinue for certain slaves, by the executor of John Robbins, deceased, against Richard J. Nixon. Both parties claimed under the will of said John Robbins, which? contained the following clause: “I lend unto my daughter Mary Nixon the following negro slaves, viz., Peter, Esther, Michael, Armstead, and Little Fanny (Little Fanny she is not to have till the death of my wife), and one negro girl named Rose, during her natural life ; with this proviso : that if her son, Thomas Nixon, now an infant, should live to be…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
The will of the defendant’s testator contains the following clause :
“I lend unto my daughter Mary Nison the following ne: gro slaves, viz., Peter, Esther, Michael;,. Atifistead-'and-Little Eanny (Little Fanny she is not to have: till the death of-my wife), and one negro girl named Rose; during-her natural life ; with this proviso : that if-her son, Thomas Nixon, how an infant, should live to be twenty-one- years*of-'age, Í give unto him, the said Thomas Nixon, three of the negroeswhich I have loaned my daughter Mary, viz., Rose, Arm* stead and Michael,- to him and his heirs forever ; and…
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