Reed v. Crocker

Elis7ia Oroelcer died, leaving a large estate and no forced heirs.

By his will he appointed H. 3. CroekerT one of his natural children, his executor, and distributed his property between his housekeeper, who> is a colored woman and was once his slave, and his children whom he had by her, and who were legally acknowledged by him previous to his death.

The deceased left no father nor mother, and only one brother and one sister, (since dead,) and the descendants of brothers and sisters, who could only claim his succession as legal heirs.

To a number of these collaterals he gave, during, his…