Griffin L. King asks the court to attach a crop, a horse, and some furniture that he loaned to his son-in-law, Samuel H. Tucker, during the year 1856. King explains to the court that Tucker was "doing but little towards the support & maintenance of himself and wife," so King intervened by extending "some inducements to him to engage in business." He set up Tucker on a portion of a farm that he rented, allowed him to occupy one of the houses, and gave him the use of a "valuable horse," seed for the land, and a hired slave to help him cultivate a crop. King hoped that he would be able to "reform the habits of said Tucker" and thereby ensure his daughter's "comfort, welfare & hapiness." Instead, the couple separated, Tucker left the farm "& the growing crop," and took with him King's horse. King fears that Tucker will "remove himself beyond the limits of this State" and that he will try to "sell and dispose of said crop." The hired slave is currently in King's possession, and King seeks the court's permission to use him and gather the crop himself. Reiterating that the horse, the use of the land, and the hire of the slave "was not a gift," he asks the court to intervene and protect his investment by holding the crop "subject to your Orators claims & liabilities."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
