Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Saint Mary’s County Court. A petition for freedom filed by the appellee against the appellants The facts as agreed upon were these? The petitioner was slave of a certain L. Burroughs, deceased, who by his w'**’ dated the 12th of September 1811, bequeathed as follows: “I give and bequeath unto my negro woman call-*-d Anna, her liberty, and the advantages of her son as a s0 i°ng as she lives, and a young bay mare three years old next spring, and four barrels of…
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Appeal from Saint Mary’s County Court. A petition for freedom filed by the appellee against the appellants The facts as agreed upon were these? The petitioner was slave of a certain L. Burroughs, deceased, who by his w'**’ dated the 12th of September 1811, bequeathed as follows: “I give and bequeath unto my negro woman call-*-d Anna, her liberty, and the advantages of her son as a s0 i°ng as she lives, and a young bay mare three years old next spring, and four barrels of Indian corn, and ee hundred weight of pork, and one black cow about sjx years old, and a hoe and an axe, and a spinning:…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT REVERSED, (a.)) See this case referred to by the Court in Hamilton vs. Craggs, 6 Harr. & Johns. 19.
2Cited by2 opinions
- Cox v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1861
- Treiber v. LanahanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1865