This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1846 |
| Citation: | 4 Gill 55 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Execution of a will devising the entire estate to his grandson, save for two slaves manumitted in will. Alleging that the testator was not capable of making a valid will at the time of doing so. Holding that the petitioners had no standing because there is no injury inflicted for the rights and interests of the next of heir or kin of the deceased. |
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| Full name: | Wilson Compton, guardian of Barnes Compton, vs. Richard Barnes and Robert Fergusson, executors of John Barnes |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |