Allen v. Russell
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. William. S. Todd. Execution in favor of defendants in error on judgments against Jesse Allen, issued January 7th, 1856 : reciting the judgment as recovered June 1st, 1855. Levied on certain negroes ; negroes claimed by Jesse Allen as agent of the heirs of Richard Crowder, deceased.
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Error from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. William. S. Todd. Execution in favor of defendants in error on judgments against Jesse Allen, issued January 7th, 1856 : reciting the judgment as recovered June 1st, 1855. Levied on certain negroes ; negroes claimed by Jesse Allen as agent of the heirs of Richard Crowder, deceased. Certain persons appear, representing themselves to be the heirs of Richard Crowder, deceased, and alleged that the negroes are their property and not subject to execution. Plaintiffs in execution reply that Jesse Allen has a life estate in said negroes, which is liable…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
Certain slaves had been levied upon as the property of one Jesse Allen, and this is a proceeding under *90the Statute, to try the right which the heirs of one Richard Crowder set up to said slaves. It appeal^ by an instrument of writing, exhibited in the cause, that the slaves had been loaned by Richard Crowder to Jesse Allen and Ann Eliza Allen, daughter of said Crowder, to have the use and labor of said slaves during their natural lives, with a covenant not to transfer or sell said slaves, and that the said slaves, with their increase, should be equally divided between the…
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