This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1869 |
| Citation: | 13 Fla. 117 |
| Jurisdiction: | Supreme Court of FL |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | That husband's creditors claim was consideration for his debts. Bringing into evidence that slaves were purchased by the wife to work the land and therefore the land, worked by the wife's slaves, was solely her property |
| Law type: | Disputed Land Conveyed to Wife |
| Full name: | Joseph H. Alston, et al., Appellants, vs. Sarah F. Rowles, Executrix of the last will of John J. Rowles, deceased, in behalf of, etc., Appellees |
| Court: | Florida Supreme Court |