This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1835 |
| Citation: | 7 G. & J. 127 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Cesar, Will, Allen, Jim, Tom, Suke |
| Short Summary: | Holding that the slave was entitled to freedom by implication of the will. In that the will expressly declared the mother free with a sufficient time period and then freeing her before laying out the length of service for other slaves. The repition of words expressly granting freedom are implied as would be redundant otherwise. |
| Law type: | |
| Full name: | Negro Cesar, vs. Nathaniel Chew |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |