This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1857 |
| Citation: | 11 Md. 415 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Dealing with a wife who, without agreement, voluntarily appropriated a part of her seperate estate for the maintenance of slaves beloning to this husband and thereafter charged his estate for this after the husband's death. Holding that any widow with an ante-nuptual agreement relinquishes rights to the husband's estate and she must bear any costs incurred by herself. Holding that the estate is responsible for expenses made without her acquiesence but no for voluntarily incurred costs such as counsel and administrative costs. |
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| Full name: | Christiana Edelen Adm'x of Francis Edelen, vs. Thomas H. Edelen, and Thomas H. Edelen vs. Christiana Edelen, Adm'x of Francis Edelen |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |