Andrews v. Brumfield
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Monticello. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. This bill was filed in the court below, by the administrator de Horn's non of James Andrews, deceased, against the administrators of Rachael Gray, formerly Rachael Andrews, to recover certain slaves and other personal property, which had been bequeathed by the said James Andrews, in his will, to the said Rachael, for the term of her natural life.
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Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Monticello. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. This bill was filed in the court below, by the administrator de Horn's non of James Andrews, deceased, against the administrators of Rachael Gray, formerly Rachael Andrews, to recover certain slaves and other personal property, which had been bequeathed by the said James Andrews, in his will, to the said Rachael, for the term of her natural life. It appeared that in 1851, James Andrews died, after having made and published his last will and testament, which was duly probated at the instance of his…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This suit was originally instituted in the Vice-Chancery Court for the Southern district; and a decree dismissing the bill, having been rendered in-that court, the cause is brought up by appeal.
The material points of the case are as follows: J ames Andrews died in 1851, having previously made and published his last will and testament, by which he disposed of his estate,' real and personal, and appointed his wife, Mrs. Rachel Andrews, and John J. Sandifer his executrix and executor. Mrs. Andrews and Sandifer qualified as such, and in 1853 presented to the proper court a final account of their…
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