This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1835 |
| Citation: | 7 G. & J. 20 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Maria |
| Short Summary: | Arguing the competency of the witness who was originally entitled to one-third of the property in dispute. Action of replevin for a slave woman, Maria, and her issue. Holding that the witness was competent because the testimony is relevant even if it only tends to prove the point made by the party. Ultimately reversing the lower court's opinion for the instruction given to the jury that a party forfeits claim to title by revoking letters of testamentary for adverse holding. |
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| Full name: | Cole, vs. Hebb, Adm'r. de bonis non of Wm. Guyther |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |