This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1865 |
| Citation: | 23 Md. 288 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Calculating the appraised mortgage of the property and noting that since slaves have become free by the Constitution, that the value of the slaves should be deducted from the mortgage. " it is clear that this proceeding was unnecessary, if not mischievous; and if the property levied on was not sufficient to satisfy the mortgage debt, it is equally clear that he acquired no such interest as would authorize the Court to decree a sale in his behalf." |
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| Full name: | Helen Bruce and others, vs. Thomas L. Levering and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |