Agathy Sally Marr sues by her husband and next friend, Nicholas L. Marr, to sell a dangerous slave, whom she received from the estate of her late father, Nicholas Perkins. Her father's will directed his executors to "allot & set apart" twenty slaves for her use, retaining legal title to the slaves until certain conditions were met. The executors did so, giving her a slave named Tom as one of the said slaves. The petitioner declares that Tom has "a very bad character" and is "supposed & believed to have instigated & been concerned in the poisoning & killing of a child of your Oratrix." She relates that Tom was tried in the circuit court but acquitted due to lack of evidence. Currently, Tom is "confined in the jail of Williamson County for safe keeping." The petitioner declares that "under the Circumstances, your oratrix would not feel safe in again taking said slave home, to live on the same place with herself, & is desirous he should be sold." The executors, however, "make some difficulty" about selling him, because the will prohibits removing any of the testator's slaves from the county. The Marrs pray the court to order the sale.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Williamson County Courthouse, Franklin, Tennessee
