This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1850 |
| Citation: | 9 Gill 361 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | The original will from husband to widow devising slaves. Holding that Where a testator mortgages land and afterwards devises it, charged with a provision for his wife, in lieu of dower, which she accepts, and the land is sold to pay the debt, she has no claim against the mortgagee. |
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| Full name: | Samuel Chew, Exc'r of Rebecca Gibson, vs. The President, Directors and Company of the Farmers Bank of Maryland, and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |