Thigpen v. . Pitt
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Court ©f Equity, of Pitt county, heard before his Honor Judge Bailey, at Spring Term, 1858. Joab P. Pitt owning a large number of slaves, for a good consideration, duly executed to his children, Rebecca Pitt and several others, a deed of gift, conveying to them the slaves, Ephraim, Charity, Betty, Jane, Dallas, and thirty-nine others, whose names are set forth in the conveyance, reserving to himself a life estate in these slaves, unless he might please to put…
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Appeal from the Court ©f Equity, of Pitt county, heard before his Honor Judge Bailey, at Spring Term, 1858. Joab P. Pitt owning a large number of slaves, for a good consideration, duly executed to his children, Rebecca Pitt and several others, a deed of gift, conveying to them the slaves, Ephraim, Charity, Betty, Jane, Dallas, and thirty-nine others, whose names are set forth in the conveyance, reserving to himself a life estate in these slaves, unless he might please to put his children in possession thereof before his death, -which deed of conveyance was duly proven and registered. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Joab P. Pitt, owning a large number of slaves, for a good consideration, duly executed to his children, Rebecca Pitt and several others, a deed of gift, conveying to them the slaves Ephraim, Charity, Betty, Jane, Dallas, and thirty-nine others, whose names are set forth in the conveyance, reserving to himself a life estate in these slaves, unless (50) he might please to put his children in possession thereof before his death, which deed of conveyance was duly proved and registered. The daughter, Rebecca, above mentioned, in 1834, intermarried with the defendant, Lewis Belcher, and soon…
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