This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1853 |
| Citation: | 4 Md. 335 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Husband leaving wife the residuary devisee in his will to pay off his debts, while the wife manumitted his slaves in her will instead of using them to pay off his estate's debts. Holding that this manumission could not affect the rights of the creditors. |
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| Full name: | Caleb C. Magruder and Wm. H. Tuck, Ex'crs of Jane M. Carroll, vs. George W. Carroll and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |