Reynolds v. Lewis
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Coprt for Calvert pounty. 'Petition for freedom, filed on the 7th pf Afay 1857, by jhe appellees, against the appellant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Coprt for Calvert pounty. 'Petition for freedom, filed on the 7th pf Afay 1857, by jhe appellees, against the appellant. The petitioners claim fjjeir freedom under the same will as in the preceding case,, The following agreement appears in the record, signed by the .counsel for the parties: “In this case, it is agreed that judgment shall be entered for the petitioners, and the record shall be made up as if the jury was sworn, as in No. 26 trials this term, (which said No. 26 trials, is the case of negroes Lucinda, William, George, Juliet, John, Charles, Robert and…
1Opinion of the CourtTticK, J.
The record in this case is defective in not setting out a bill of exceptions, according to the agreement of the parties. There is, consequently, nothing before us on which the court can revise the judgment below. The appeal must be dismissed.
We may observe, however, .that the right of the appellees to their freedom, as appears by the agreements, depends on the construction of the will of Betty Reynolds, to be found in the case of Negroes William & Others vs. Reynolds, (ante, 109,) according to which the judgment was properly entered in their favor. Spencer vs. Dennis, 8 Gill, 314. Vansant vs.…
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- Vansant v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1852
- Spencer v. DennisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1849
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