This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1832 |
| Citation: | 4 G. & J. 376 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Amy |
| Short Summary: | Considering a general rule that a trustee, executor, or administrator cannot be a purchaser at their own sale. Alleging that Williams, the purcahser of the slave at the sale of a personal estate was also the executor of this estate. The court found that this general rule was not universal and that an exception existed in this case as the purchase was made with the knowledge and assent of all parties with no objections. Holding under these circumstances that this transaction is voidable but not void. |
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| Full name: | Wm. B. Williams' Exr's vs. Robert Marshall |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |