This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1870 |
| Citation: | 32 Md. 101 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Thomas, Ann, Elizabeth, George, Jarvis |
| Short Summary: | Leaving in will that all of the personal estate (including slaves) should be divised to Wall is if the daugher dies without heir. Concluding that even if these slaves are now free, since freedom could have been given to them at the time of drafting the will, the phrase "die without air" is not invalid. |
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| Full name: | Arthur J. Wallis vs. James F. Woodland and Margaret, his Wife, and Samuel S. Cake and Mary, his Wife |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |