Negroes Charles v. Sheriff
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from ilie equity side of the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. This appeal is taken from an order of the court below refusing to grant an injunction upon a bill filed by the appellants. The record shows that Henry H. Waring, by his will, executed on the 28th of May 1853, and admitted to probate,-on the 22nd of August 1854, devised and bequeathed as follows: “After my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows: Item.
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Appeal from ilie equity side of the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. This appeal is taken from an order of the court below refusing to grant an injunction upon a bill filed by the appellants. The record shows that Henry H. Waring, by his will, executed on the 28th of May 1853, and admitted to probate,-on the 22nd of August 1854, devised and bequeathed as follows: “After my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows: Item. It is my will and desire that at my death all my slaves, as follows, Charles, Sylvester, William, Hanson, Albert, Washington, Laura and…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
The bill in this case was filed by the 'appellants, who were the slaves of the testator of the appellee, and who claim to have been manumitted by his last will and testament. It alleges, that the appellee had taken out letters of administration, and had proceeded to some extent in the discharge of his duty as such, but had not returned to the orphans court a full account of his doings as he was required to do by law; that the estate is indebted, some of the claims against which had been prosecuted to judgments which were about to be executed by a levy on the appellants; that some of the…
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