Supreme Court of North Carolina June 5, 1837 (Cole v. . Terry)

Daniel, Judge,

after stating the facts as above, proceeded : — The bill of sale, transferred to the defendant, all the interest in the slave Charlotte, during the life of Joanna Surginor, and on her death two-eighths of the remainder in said slave. The defendant therefore, on the death of Mrs. Surginor, became tenant in common of the slave with the plaintiffs.