This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1806 |
| Citation: | 2 H. & J. 76 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | An oral contract between father in law and son in law for possession of land for which the son in law paid taxes on. The father in law later devised land to his son and bequeathed the slaves to his daughter. The court held that this contract did not fulfill the statute of frauds. |
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| Full name: | Wingate vs. Dail |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |