This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1857 |
| Citation: | 11 Md. 41 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Dealing with a will ordering property including real property, slaves, and furniture to his wife; the slaves were manumitted by the wife with the consent of daughter and her sisters. Defining the legacy as "demonstrative" meaning that the legacies are not strictly specific but are in nature specific to the extent of the value of the fund they are chargeable (liable to payment of debts). Remanding the case to proportion and apply payemnt of debts on the personal estate |
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| Full name: | Frederick James Dugan vs. John Smith Hollins and wife, and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |