Gibbons v. Gentry
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. This action was brought in 1851 by the children of Isaac B. Gibbons, to recover, upon the legal title, slaves claimed by them under a deed executed in Kentucky in 1829 by their father, since deceased, under whom also the defendant claimed by purchase in Missouri in 1831. The record showed the following facts : On the 81st of July, 1829, Isaac B. Gibbons, then residing in Green county, Kentucky, executed a deed to' Stanton Buckner, of Marion…
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Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. This action was brought in 1851 by the children of Isaac B. Gibbons, to recover, upon the legal title, slaves claimed by them under a deed executed in Kentucky in 1829 by their father, since deceased, under whom also the defendant claimed by purchase in Missouri in 1831. The record showed the following facts : On the 81st of July, 1829, Isaac B. Gibbons, then residing in Green county, Kentucky, executed a deed to' Stanton Buckner, of Marion county, Missouri, and Richard A. Buckner, of Green county, Kentucky, for the slaves in controversy and others, to be…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, Judge
Some time in July, 1829, Isaac B. Gibbons, the ancestor of the appellants, who then resided in Green county, in the state of Kentucky, having wasted a large portion of his estate by *473dissipation, made a deed to trustees, of which the following is a copy :
“ This indenture, made this 31st of July, 1829, between Isaac B. Gibbons, of the county of Green and state of Kentucky, of the one part, and Stanton Buckner, of the state of Missouri, and Richard A. Buckner, of the county of Green aforesaid, of the other part, witnesseth: That the said Isaac B. Gibbons, for the love, good will and affection…
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