ENEwing v. Standefer et al.
Metadata
Case Number: 2819
Location: SC00096
Court Term: 1850 June
Catalog Record: http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA215682820002743
Collection Creator: Alabama. Supreme Court
Decision Date: 1850-06-20
Description: In the manuscript records, the defendant’s surname is sometimes spelled "Standifer." This case is summarized in Alabama Reports, volume 18, pages 400 through 405. Excerpt from the report: This was an action of detinue, brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff to recover five several negro slaves. They claimed as the children of Lydia Standefer and grand-children of John Echols, deceased, under the will of the latter, which bequeathed the said property as follows: "I lend to my daughter Lydia Standefer, during her natural life, five negroes, viz: Harrena, &c., these five negroes, with all their increase, I will to the lawful begotten heirs of Lydia Standefer, to be equally divided among them at her death." The plaintiff in error claims as a purchaser, deriving title from Skelton Standefer, the husband of Lydia, through intervening purchasers. Lydia has since departed this life, and the defendants insist that their right to the slaves became perfect upon her decease.
Division: Northeastern Division
Language: English
Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
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Collection Title: Alabama Supreme Court case files
Subject - Topics: African Americans; Detinue; Estates (Law); Inheritance and succession; Marriage; Slavery
Subject - Places: Madison County (Ala.)
Subject - People: Cabaniss, Lysanias Standefer; Cabaniss, William; Doll, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols and Patsey Ellis; Echols, James; Echols, John; Echols, John; Echols, Samuel M.; Ellis, Patsey Echols; Ewing, Stephen S.; Glasgow, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols and James Echols; Harrena, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; James, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Jim, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Jonathan, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Lucy, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Mark, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Matilda, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Pompy, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Rodgers, Temperance Echols; Sarah, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Silva, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Silva, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols and Lucy Williams; Silvia, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Standefer, James J.; Standefer, Jesse M.; Standefer, John E.; Standefer, Lydia Echols; Standefer, Skelton; Tom, slave in Madison County, Ala., of John Echols; Williams, Lucy Echols
Time Period: 1850-1859
Case: Ewing v. Standefer et al.
Upload Batch: SC00096_Ewing_v_Standefer
Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Source: From: Ewing v. Standefer et al.
