Bridges & Co. v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. James B. Claes. This bill was filed by Catherine Y. Phillips, suing by her next friend, against her husband, John W. Bridges & Co. and Martin Stetson.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. James B. Claes. This bill was filed by Catherine Y. Phillips, suing by her next friend, against her husband, John W. Bridges & Co. and Martin Stetson. Its object was, to enjoin the defendants Bridges & Co, ftlld Stetson from further proceedings under their executions against her husband, which had been levied on certain slaves which the complainant claimed as her separate property, and also to reform, if the court should deem it necessary, the deeds of gift under which she claimed ; and it alleges that her trustee refuses to…
1Opinion of the Court
LIGON, J. —
The bill in this case was filed for two purposes : 1st, to enjoin the sale of the slaves claimed by the complainant as her separate estate from sale under writs of fi. fa. issued on judgments against her husband ; and, 2nd, to reform, if the chancellor esteemed it necessary, the deeds made by Phillips and Anthony, for two of the slaves levied on, so as to make them vest a separate estate in the complainant, which she alleges was the purpose and intention of the grantors at the time they were made. The defendants, Bridges and Stetson, in the court below, demurred to the bill for…
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