This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1840 |
| Citation: | 11 G. & J. 328 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Interpreting the act of 1832 dealing with legacies by rules of lapse for devisees not mentioned but described to deal with a will involving the devision and manumission of slaves. Holing that this does not apply to change any of the existing rules of construction of wills. |
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| Full name: | John Young of Robert vs. John Robinson and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |