Ingram v. Smith
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM WILS0N. This cause was heard before Chancellor Ridley, at the January Term, 1858. The defendants appealed. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
W. E. Cooper, special J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The original bill in this case was filed on the 5th day of February, 1848, by Samuel Ingram and others, the children of Polly Ingram, against Alfred McClain, Joseph Smith, J. M. Smith, and Henry F. Smith, to attach certain slaves in the possession of the defendants, and to have the complainants’ rights therein declared and protected. The bill states that the complainants claim under the will of Samuel Deloach, of Johnston county, in the State of North Carolina, bearing date the 29th day of October, 1805, and duly proved and admitted…
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