This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1830 |
| Citation: | 2 G. & J. 458 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Involving three slaves that are divided amongst the legatees according to will and taken as legacies rather than applied to the debt for the land. Holding that the although an estate tail was devised, virtually taking an estate in fee makes this remainder inoperative. |
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| Full name: | Wells and wife vs. Beall, Adm'r of Brashears |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |