Ebenezer Cummins asks the court to declare "illegal, nul & void" the sale of two slaves from the estate of William Cummins to satisfy debts owed to the firm of Adamson, Carter & Higgins, represented by John Adamson, Robert Carter, Jesse F. Higgins and William Prather. In a suit filed in Pulaski County, Adamson and others won a ruling of $382.87 from the estate, and the slaves were levied and two of them, the children of a female slave named Violet, sold. Bidding for the other four slaves came in below two-thirds of their value and therefore were not sold. Ebenezer Cummins, the estate administrator, objected, testifying that the estate had other creditors with equal, legitimate claims. He filed a petition to quash the ruling, which was appealed by Adamson. Now Ebenezer Cummins asks that the court settle the matter so that all creditors will have a fair share of the estate.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas
