This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1860 |
| Citation: | 9 Fla. 105 |
| Jurisdiction: | Supreme Court of FL |
| People: | Fuller, Sophia, Susannah, Sue, Abraham, Adam, Calvin, Michael, Jackson, Smart, Martha, Mansfield, Mary, Nancy, John, Angelina, Jane, Louisa, Will, Maria, William, Mary Jane, John, Dorah, Madison, Charlotte, John, Emmanuel, Harriet, Hammon, David, Henrietta, Paul, Eliza, Rebecca, Jack, Linda, Alfred, Judy, Louisa, Betsy, Adam, Peter, Oliver, Jim, Dida, Henry, Ebenezer, Gummer, Penny, Elsy, Edward, Rebecca, Sarah, Ann, David, Walton, Joe, Little William, Little Paul, Ben, Dinah, Susan, Anderson, Prince, Gib |
| Short Summary: | After a son of the testator died before testator's death. Concluding that the insertion of the term "heirs of the body" refers to the children of the grantee and only to the surviving children if there if the grantee has no heirs at death. |
| Law type: | Entitlement to a Distributive Share in Slaves |
| Full name: | Joseph W. Russ, Adm'r of the estate of Margaret B. Russ and others, Appellants vs. Martha J. Russ, a minor, by her next friend, B. F. Parker, Appelle |
| Court: | Florida Supreme Court |