This case is about slaves or slavery.
Year: | 1857 |
Citation: | 7 Fla. 292 |
Jurisdiction: | Supreme Court of FL |
People: | |
Short Summary: | Right to contest on a will for real estate and slaves. "Indeed if this be the case, his duty will be to sell the personalty, collect debts due, pay those owing from the estate, and turn over the slaves and the residue to the devisee. He would then have no interest in either the lands or slaves." |
Law type: | Contest on Probate of a Will |
Full name: | B. F. Meyer and F. Meyer, Appellants, vs. Muscow B. Fogg, Executor of Green R. Meyer, dec'd, Appellee |
Court: | Florida Supreme Court |