This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1859 |
| Citation: | 24 Tex. 38 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
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| Short Summary: | Deceased will granted life estate in enslaved people to wife with freedom to be granted after wife's death. However, freedom granted to enslaved people by Will, without a provision for their removal from the state, is void. Wife sold enslaved people. Deceased's heirs sought portion of income from sale. |
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| Full name: | T. L. Philleo V. D. J. Holliday And Others |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |