This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1875 |
| Citation: | 42 Md. 251 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Calvin Burrows |
| Short Summary: | Dispute over whether the son was a legitimated son (by marriage of his parents) in order to claim a hereditary title. The only party witnessing this marriage was allegedly the father's slave, Calvin Burrows who was thirteen. Holding that this is not enough evidence to prove a legitimated marriage. |
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| Full name: | David Barnum, Augustus K. Barnum, Eliza Standard, and others vs. Cecilia R. Barnum, Widow and Devisee of John K. Barnum, William B. McLaughlin, and others; William B. McLaughlin, and others vs. Cecilia R. Barnum, and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |