Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1844

Etheridge v. Bell

Etheridge v. Bell
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided December 15, 1844 · Daniel
27 N.C. 87

Etheridge v. Bell

Opinion of the Court

Daniel, J.

The authorities cited by the defendant’s counsel, Burnett v. Roberts, 4 Dev. 87, and Smith v. Barham, 2 Dev. Eq. 420, clearly shew, that the plaintiff had no title to the slave after the assent of the original executor to the legacy for life, which is an assent to the legacy in remainder. The remedy for division by the tenants in common of the slaves, (the defendant by the assignment of A. Hatsell, being one of the tenants in common,) was by petition under the act of Assembly, Rev. St. ch. 85, s. 18, 19.

Pee. CüRiam, Judgment reversed and venire de novo.

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