Dunn v. Bray
Court of Appeals of Virginia
This was an appeal from a decree of the High Court of Chancery, and the material question in the canse was, what interest Winter Bray took in the slaves Peter and Dinah, under the following clauses of the will of Charles Bray deceased? Dated on the 24th of February, and admitted to record in the month of March, 1772: “ I give and bequeath unto my son William Bray all that tract of land lying on Piscatatvay old mill run (except what I hereafter devise to my son Charles) which…
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This was an appeal from a decree of the High Court of Chancery, and the material question in the canse was, what interest Winter Bray took in the slaves Peter and Dinah, under the following clauses of the will of Charles Bray deceased? Dated on the 24th of February, and admitted to record in the month of March, 1772: “ I give and bequeath unto my son William Bray all that tract of land lying on Piscatatvay old mill run (except what I hereafter devise to my son Charles) which I purchased of John Grigg’s executors, to him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten forever; also a negro rnan…
1Opinion of the Court
PENDLETON, President.
Delivered the resolution of the Court as follows:
The record is lengthy, made so by form, but the question is a short one; being wbat interest Winter Bray took in the slaves under the will of his father Charles Bray ?
Before we enter upon the merits, we will dispatch two small objections made by the appellant’s counsel. First, The bill claims partition of a tract of land between the plaintiff and the defendants James and Charles, and an account of the profits: The answer states, that they were always ready to make that partition; and, the decree of the County Court is, that…
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