Spraddling v. Pipkin
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. 1. That the county court of Jefferson county had no right to order Pipkin, the public administrator of that county, to administer on the slaves in question, and that he had no right to sue for them. The slaves of John Keeton were inventoried by Wm.
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APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. 1. That the county court of Jefferson county had no right to order Pipkin, the public administrator of that county, to administer on the slaves in question, and that he had no right to sue for them. The slaves of John Keeton were inventoried by Wm. Keeton, the administrator, in 1827. It not being necessary to retain these slaves in Missouri to pay debts, and the heirs desiring it, and the rule for distribution being the same in Missouri and Tennessee, they were transmitted to the latter State, hired out, and their hire returned to the Probate “Court, and,…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, J.
This is an action of detinue, brought by Pipkin, public administrator of Jefferson county, having charge of the estate of John Keeton deceased, against Spraddling & Keeton, as administrators of the estate of William Keeton, to recover several slaves.
It appears that John Keeton, a citizen of Tennessee, resident in Franklin county, came to the State of Missouri, in 1825, bringing with him some eighteen or twenty slaves, some of whom he employed in mining for lead and others he hired out. When he came to this State he left, at his residence in Tennessee, his wife and six children, who had, in…
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