William C. Walker through his next friend Samuel J. Cook writes that he is entitled to slaves and other assets from the estate of his late aunt, Nancy Walker. Walker states that the will of his grandfather, William Walker, who died in late 1801 or early 1802, stipulated that his son, Thomas, and daughter, Nancy, should inherit one slave each from his estate. Should one of the siblings die without issue, the other would inherit his or her slave. Thomas Walker died first in this twenty-sixth birthday, leaving a son, the petitioner. Nancy Walker died a few years in her nineteenth birthday. At the time of her death, Nancy was leaving with her mother and stepfather, Elizabeth Walker Moody and stepfather George Moody. The slave she had inherited from her father's estate, Sarah, together with some Sarah's children remained with the Moodys. After Elizabeth Moody's death, the slaves remained in George Moody's possession. George Moody. William C. Walker charges that George Moody has fled to Arkansas with Sarah and her family, who now include at least eight, perhaps eleven, children, in order to evade court action. He claims that, according to grandfather's last will and testament, the slaves should now be his by right of his late father. He asks the court to sequester the slaves while the case is being tried.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas
