Mary Ellen Shipley seeks for an injunction to prevent the sale of her slaves, Kitty and Nancy. Shipley asserts that her grandfather, Nehemiah Moseley, gave the two slaves "to her mother during her life and after her death to your oratrix." Mary Ellen's father, James Shipley, was induced "by the death bed solicitations" of his wife to convey said slaves to Mary Ellen. The petitioner complains that the sheriff has seized Kitty and Nancy as a result of a judgment won against her father by Thomas C. Worthington. Shipley argues that her father never owned the slaves; he held them in right of his wife and they should not be subject to seizure. She states that Kitty and Nancy are her "favorite negroes ... both on account of the manner in which they became the property of your Oratrix, and on account of their own good character." She prays that the court will issue an injunction to prevent the sale or removal of her slaves until the matter is resolved.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
