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An Act for the benefit of Margaret H. Bibb. 1849 572 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0652 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1850. CHAPTER 483. AN ACT for the benefit of Elizabeth Easley, and her children. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That upon petition filed by Joseph Easley and Elizabeth Easley, his wife, before the Judge of the Shelby Circuit Court, (which must be sworn to,) praying for the sale of a tract of land containing fifty nine and a half acres, lying in the county of Shelby, and for a re-invest- ment of the proceeds of the sale in other lands-the same being a tract of land devised by Joseph Easley, deceased, to the said Elizabeth Easley, and her children-if it shall appear, by oral testimony or otherwise, to be to the interest of the said Elizabeth Easley, and her children, for such sale to be made, it shall be lawful for said Judge to make a de- cree directing a sale thereof upon such terms and condi- tions as to him may seem most advisable; and he may make such other decrees as may be necessary to effect such sale and re-investment, and may appoint a Commissioner to sell and convey the same, and to re-invest the proceeds of sale in other lands. Approved March 6, 1850. CHAPTER 484. AN ACT for the benefit of Margaret H. Bibb. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth oJ Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Margaret H. Bibb, late Margaret H. Crutcher, to file her petition in the Hardin Circuit Court, to which the children of her first husband, Willis Crutcher, and their guardian or guardians shall be made parties, and served with process, which petition shall set forth all the causes which render it expedient and prop- er to sell a negro woman, Sarah, belonging to the es- tate of sa-d Willis Crutcher, in which said Margaret H. Bibb hath a dower right. Upon hearing said petition, and proof to sustain the charges, if the court shall be of opinion that a sale is necessary and proper to preserve the interest of said heirs and the petitioner, it shall be the duty of the court to order a sale upon such terms as will insure a fair price, and make such order for the investment of the money in other property, or secure the money by keeping it at in- terest, requiring such bond or bonds as may be necessary to enforce the order and decree, and to make such disposi- tion of the proceeds as -vi.l secure the rights of the parties as they now exist. Approved March 6, 1850.

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