This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1830 |
| Citation: | 2 G. & J. 185 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Suck, Harriet, Betty Day, Bob, Patrick, Betty, Mary, Kitty, Daniel |
| Short Summary: | The legacies in contention consisting mostly of slaves. "The debt was subsisting and due before and at the time of the testator's death; there is an express devise for the payment of debts and legacies, the creation of a fund charged with the payment of debts and legacies, and the legacy to Elizabeth Dent is not made payable immediately on the death of the testator, but with the other legacies, is to be paid out of the proceeds of sales of the real and personal property, and might in part at least, not be paid until long after the executors by law were bound to pay the debts, the real property being directed to be sold, at a credit of six, twelve, and eighteen months, from the time of sale." |
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| Full name: | Edelen's Ex'rs vs. Dent's Adm'rs |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |