Case Name: Isbell et ux. v. Butler et al.
Court: General Court of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1735-04
Citations: 1 Jefferson 10
Docket Number: 
Parties: *Isbell et ux. v. Butler et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Jefferson
Volume: 1
Pages: 11–11

Head Matter:
*Isbell et ux. v. Butler et al.
April, 1735.
Slaves —Value of — At What Time Considered — Case at Bar.
Reported by Edward Barradall, Esq.

Opinion:
In this case a question was made, whether a slave given by an intestate in his lifetime to a younger child, should be taken at the value he was when given, or the value at the testator's death. Et per tot cur. at the value when given, et recte opinor. Thomas Randolph and Hopkins contra.