This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1870 |
| Citation: | 33 Md. 85 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | The testator devising all his slaves to his wife before his death and equally dividing his estate amongst his children and the widow's children after the widow's death. Holding that the estate was given over to the widow for the remainder of her life and that the heir only have rights upon the death of the widow. |
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| Full name: | John T. Clark and Mary A. Clark, his Wife, Executrix of W. H. Tennison, deceased, vs. Francis J. N. Tennison, by his next friend, Warfield T. Browning; John T. Clark vs. Francis J. N. Tennison, by his next friend, &c; John T. Clark vs. Francis J. N. Tennison, by his guardian, &c |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |