The children of the late Jacob Butler, who are also his legatees in remainder, ask the court to enjoin the executors of their late father's will from collecting notes from a previous sale of the estate's slaves. They explain that Jacob's widow, Martha Butler, obtained a court decree for a division of Jacob's slaves in a previous suit. Commissioners recommended that the slaves be sold and the proceeds distributed. Butler's executors, Jacob M. and Caleb Butler, conducted the sale and have since collected the notes for payment. The petitioners fear "a misappropriation of the funds which may have come" into the executors' hands. They ask the court to order them to "surrender" said notes "to the hands of the Clerk & Master of your Court" and order the purchasers to pay over their money to the clerk and master as well.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
