Alexander v. Worthington, 1853
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This case is about slaves or slavery.

Year: 1853
Citation: 5 Md. 471
Jurisdiction: Maryland
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Short Summary: Dispute over if real estate acquired after the date of a will, but before his death, passed into the testator's estate. Holding that the debt incurred from this transaction was a part of the estate and therefore the estate's creditors were entitled to sell slaves at auction to pay the debts. Holding "Each law confers on the testator a new power or capacity, and clothes the will with a new operative quality."
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Full name: Thomas S. Alexander vs. Sarah M. Worthington and William Worthington, an infant, by his next friend
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland

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