Lewis and Oscar Roffee, executors of Allen Burton's estate, note that Burton's will directs them to emancipate the slaves belonging to the estate. The court, however, ruled that instead of manumission, the slaves "by late decree of his honor the Chancellor have been declared subject to distribution among the heirs." The petitioners assert "that from the number and ages of the slaves and the great number of shares into which they are required to be divided, that distribution cannot be made of them in any kind, fairly equally & beneficially among the parties entitled thereto." The petitioners instead propose "that your Honor will grant them an order to make sale of said slaves," enabling them to divide the proceeds from the sale.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Lauderdale County Courthouse, Florence, Alabama
