This case is about slaves or slavery.
Year: | 1856 |
Citation: | 10 Md. 67 |
Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
People: | Milly |
Short Summary: | Instructing the jury to presume the grant of letters and testimony of the deceased as testimentary for recovery of of a slave. Court holding that the jury was misled by incomplete evidence that did not include the register of wills, the declerations, and the letters of administration. |
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Full name: | Samuel B. Wilson, Adm'r ad colligendum of Samuel Owens, vs. Mary E. F. Smith |
Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |