This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1819 |
| Citation: | 4 H. & J. 527 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | Effect of declarations by the administratix on the act of limitations including promise and willingnessto pay a claim. This declaration included payment for hire of slaves, pasturage of horses, and property sold and delivered. Holding that these statements do nullify the act of limitations when the admistratix makes them out of her own representative capacity. |
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| Full name: | Chapman vs. Dixon's Adm'x. |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |