Case Name: Hext Prioleau and Margaret his wife v. Robert Williams, Jr.
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1779-10-30
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 628
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hext Prioleau and Margaret his wife v. Robert Williams, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 628–628

Head Matter:
Hext Prioleau and Margaret his wife v. Robert Williams, Jr.
Edward Rutledge for plaintiff.

Opinion:
March 22, 1779. Bill addressed to Henry Laurens, Vice President, and members of Privy Council, sets out will of John Chapman by which plaintiff Margaret was bequeathed £1000, in trust for her to defendant, her father. Bill claims that Robert William Powell, executor of the will, had paid the £1000 to defendant for her, that she has married, and according to terms of the trust, is entitled to the £1000.
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October 30, 1779. Petition of Lady Mary Middleton, wife of Henry Middleton, relict of Thomas Drayton and mother of Thomas Drayton, a minor, shows that Thomas Drayton, minor, is without a guardian, John Drayton having died; and Thomas being absent from the state, her petition to this court is necessary for a guardian to be appointed; and the petitioner therefore seeks that a guardian be appointed.
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