Howard v. Marshall

Gould, Associate Justice.

B. G. Marshall, being a cripple and a single man, never married, lived on his plantation, in Fort Bend county, having with him no relatives or connections, and having no family, unless Duncan Marshall and wife Lettie, his former slaves, who, with then children and grandchildren, lived with him in the same house, managed his domestic affairs, and ministered to his infirmities, having *476Ms confidence and friendship as faithful servants, constituted such family. In 1871, B. G. Marshall died, leaving a will, the material part of which is as follows: “I give all of my…