At issue is the estate of William R. Lipscomb, deceased, who owned "a large estate both Real and personal and consisting [of] Lands negroes horses mules and other Stock and Implements Such as are generally used and employed" on a plantation. At the time of his death in 1854, William, a young man without direct descendants, was the owner of thirty-one slaves. The petitioners, including Theophilus G., Margaret E., Sarah A. R., and Harriet N. Lipscomb, claim to be his heirs, and as such seek title to his entire estate. They seek a partition of the property among themselves and recommend renting the land and hiring out the slaves to pay debts against the estate. The plaintiffs are suing Colbert Coldwell and Elizabeth Lee, administratrix and administrator of the estate, as well as other people also claiming to be heirs.
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Repository: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas
