This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1872 |
| Citation: | 35 Md. 409 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Concluding that by the language of the will, the testator did not intend to devise the real estate in question. Since the language "balance of my estate undisposed of" only applied to personal property exclsusively, including slaves, furniture, and stock. It was clear in the will that through the words "give and bequeath" referring to personal property" and "give and deivse" referring to real estate, that the testator fully understood the force of the language in his will and did not intend to devise the real estate in question. |
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| Full name: | William Rea vs. Elizabeth A. Twilley, William T. Manning, and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |