This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1859 |
| Citation: | 14 Md. 1 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Jim, Mary |
| Short Summary: | Leaving slaves in will to the testator's daughter to be divided equally among the children at the death of the daughter. The widow sold the slaves and the complainant argue that the executor should have devised these assets. Concluding that the legacy continued but there was an issue on if a 1729 Act, limiting the statute of limitation to 12 years for testamentary bonds, applied. Remanded to the lower court to determine if the complaintaint had a legal disability that would be an exception to the statute of limitations. |
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| Full name: | Wm. Knight and Catharine Knight his Wife, vs. Wm. H. Brawner and George Dunnington |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |