This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1872 |
| Citation: | 36 Md. 447 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Dealing with a petitioner whose father was a slave married to a free woman, the man being freed shortly after. Arguing that the marriage between the two parties was not legitimate because the man was a slave and therefore there could be no inheritance through marriage. Holding that the appellees are entitled to their uncle's estate becuase even though the marriage between the father and free woman are not capable of contract at the time but subsequent ratification, including bapitzing the consent of the owners, the baptism of their children after manumission, and the longstanding recognition of each other as husband and wife, validates the marriage. |
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| Full name: | Frances Jones, Administratrix of Andrew D. Jones, deceased, vs. George W. Jones, Joshua A. Jones, Sarah Ann Robinson, and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |