This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1867 |
| Citation: | 26 Md. 347 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Giving property, money, and slaves to the widow on the condition that she not get remarried. The widow did become remarried and the testator's daughter argued that she was entitled to the said property, money, and slaves. Holding that the daughter had superior title as the widow cannot claim title in accordance with the will and then claim title in opposition to the will. The court concluding that the one who enjoys the benefit must bear the burden. |
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| Full name: | Joseph T. Gough and Elizabeth A. Gough, his wife, vs. Ida Caroline Manning, by her next friend, Joseph Edwin Coad |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |