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An Act for the benefit of James R. Wright, guardian of Eliza Jane Curie, legalizing the sale of a slave made by him. 1838 292 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0333 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1839 to.make a conveyance to said John M. Ogden, in accor- dance therewith, having first required said executrix or her representative, as the case may be, to execute bond, with suf- ficient surety or sureties, payable to the devisees and heirs of said Walker, in such penalty as said court may fix, condition- ed for the proper distribution of the assets that may be re- ceived under said compromise; and if the court shall deem the contract such as ought not to be enforced in equity, and that it would be to the interest of the infants to decree sale of their interest, it shall be lawful for the court to decree the same, and cause the proceeds to be paid over in the same way as if the compromise were confirmed under this act, first requiring bond and good surety from the executor, and make all other proper orders and decrees in the case. Approved February 20, 1839. CHAP. 1323.-AN ACT for the benefit of James R. Wright, guardian of Eliza Jane Curie, legalizing the sale of a slave made by him. WHEREAS, it is represented to the present General As- sembly, that Clifton Rhodes, the former guardian of Eliza Jane Curle and Archibald Wallace Curle, children of Jeffer- son Curie, deceased, did, by the advice of medical men, re; move a slave by the name of Sampson, belonging to the es- tate of said decedent, that was believed to have the disease called the negro consumption, to the State of Mississippi, for the purpose of improving his health in a southern climate ; in which slave, Mary Ann Curle, the widow of said decedent, was entitled to dower: and, whereas, James R. Wright, who has intermarried with said Mary Ann, and who is also the present guardian of said Eliza Jane, the only child of said de- cedent now living, (said Archibald Wallace having departed this life in infancy,) sold said slave during the last fall in Mis- sissippi, to James & Rhodes, and William Estill, for the sum of eight hundred and seventy five dollars; and has petitioned the present Legislature for the passage of a law legalizing said sale, so far as the interest of said Eliza Jane is concerned -therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Bill in Ch'y. of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for James R. Wright and maybe ted & his wife to file their bill in Chancery, in the proper court, for what pur- pose. against Eliza Jane Curle, and alledge that, in right of his wife, he was entitled to an interest in said slave, and to dower in the residue; and that under the circumstances alleged in the preamble the slave was sold; and it shall be lawful for the court, if the sale of said slave shall appear to be adyantageous to the infant, to decree a confirmation of the sale, and a dis- tribution of the proceeds on equitable principles, and cause 292

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