Todd v. Flournoy's Heirs & Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. B. B. McCraw. The bill in this case was filed on the 3d June, 1873, by Matilda G. Todd, a femme sole, against the personal representative and surviving children and heirs of Marcus A. Flournoy, deceased, who were also devisees under his will, and against Jesse B. Todd and Thomas L. Penn; and sought, principally, to compel a conveyance to the complainant of the legal title to a tract of land in Chambers county,…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. B. B. McCraw. The bill in this case was filed on the 3d June, 1873, by Matilda G. Todd, a femme sole, against the personal representative and surviving children and heirs of Marcus A. Flournoy, deceased, who were also devisees under his will, and against Jesse B. Todd and Thomas L. Penn; and sought, principally, to compel a conveyance to the complainant of the legal title to a tract of land in Chambers county, which she had bought from said Jesse B. Todd, and which he had previously bought at a sale made by Thomas F. Flournoy,…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
Marcus A. Elournoy died in April, 1849, in Chambers county, leaving a plantation, slaves and other property therein, and a second wife and several children by her and by a former wife surviving him, and a last will and testament. After divers legacies given chiefly to his.older set of children, by the tenth clause of his will, he required the plantation, embracing the lands in controversy in this cause, with the slaves not disposed of, cattle, hogs, <fcc., thereon, to be kept together and the land to be cultivated (according to the words of the will) “ until my youngest child living at the…
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