North Carolina Supreme Court Raleigh

Download or read book North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Hairston died in 1832 and bequeathed to his daughter Ruth several valuable plantations in Stoke county, and some 700 or 800 slaves. This Manuscript Case File just contains the summons to attend the Supreme Court hearing. Please see Manuscript Case File 7274 for the main sequence of manuscript documents. It includes a full list of over 700 slaves. Robert Hairston died in 1852 and his widow, Ruth, was appointed as administratrix. This bill was filed by some of the next of kin against the administratrix and other next of kin for an account and settlement of the estate. It was held that the property left to Ruth in 1832, and subsequently managed and used by her husband Robert, did not vest in his estate, but belonged to his surviving wife. The second question, in regard to the profits of the plantation and the slaves, from 1841 to 1852, was not argued fully by Mr Morehead and Mr Badger, as they concentrated most of their time on the first question as the most important matter. The Supreme Court decided to defer ruling on the second question until it came up by way of exceptions to the master's report. The Court was inclined to the opinion that Robert Hairston was entitled to those profits received by Samuel Hairston, acting as his agent. The slaves, livestock and other property given to Ruth did not form part of her husband's estate. Husband was clearly entitled to the profits from the land, including rents accrued. an account needed to be drawn up.