Mary G. Binns, who sues through her next friend, Samuel McKay, asks the court to sell a slave named Alix and to divide the proceeds among her and her sister and brother. Binns explains that her grandfather, George Ridley, bequeathed Alix and three other slaves to her mother, Winnifred Ridley Garrett Richmond, by his 1836 will. At his daughter's death, he instructed that the slaves and their increase be divided among Winnifred's children from her two marriages. Winnifred Richmond died in June 1854, thereby entitling Mary, her sister, Sarah V. Mullin, and their brother, Thomas Garrett, to Alix. Binns informs the court that her husband, William A. Binns, "by unfortunate trades, pecuniary misfortunes, and otherwise has wasted" all the money that she brought to their marriage. She therefore asks the court to settle one-third part of the proceeds from Alix's sale upon her and her six children "to her sole and seperate use." Thomas Garret is "non compos mentis," and Mary Binns therefore makes his guardian a party to the suit.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
