McCullough v. Gliddon

33 Ala. 208
Supreme Court of Alabama·Decided June 15, 1858·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

STONE, J.

The deed of James Scott vests in the trustee an absolute title in the slave Jacob, for the separate use of Mrs. McCullough. The words “ heirs of her body,” where they occur in the deed, are words of limitation, and not of purchase.—See the authorities collected in Shepherd’s Digest, 535-6.

The decree pf the chancellor is affirmed.

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