This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1818 |
| Citation: | 4 H. & J. 313 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | The lower court ruled in favor of the plaintiff after offering evidence of the will that liberated slaves and devised land to executors to be sold for the payment of debt. The case rested on the creation of the life estate in favor of the widow and the court of Appeals ruled as such, with no opinion articulated. |
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| Full name: | Vansant, et ux. vs. Money's Lessee |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |