This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1836 |
| Citation: | 8 G. & J. 391 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | John, Robert, Aaron, Mary, Phoebe, Sophia, Elizabeth, Harry |
| Short Summary: | Maintains that the vailidity of wills in personal estate is within the jurisdiction of the orphans court instead of the county court. |
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| Full name: | Negro John, and others vs. William Morton, Adm'r of James Clagett |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |