Cecil v. Rose
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appear front the Circuit Court for Prince George’s county. Peiilion for freedom, filed on the 20th of January 1860, by the appellees against the appellant, in the circuit court for Anne Arundel county, and thence removed, on suggestion of the petitioners, to the circuit court for Prince George’s county for trial. 1st Exception.
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Appear front the Circuit Court for Prince George’s county. Peiilion for freedom, filed on the 20th of January 1860, by the appellees against the appellant, in the circuit court for Anne Arundel county, and thence removed, on suggestion of the petitioners, to the circuit court for Prince George’s county for trial. 1st Exception. The proof on the part of the petitioners shows, that Samuel Owens, Sen., died in 1821, leaving a will duly executed, by which he bequeathed negro Rose, one of the petitioners, to his wife, Mercy Owens, whom he appointed his executrix. Mercy Owens (the legatee) died in…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
The record shows that Samuel Owens, Sen., died in 1821, leaving a will duly executed, by which he bequeathed negro Rose, one of the petitioners, to his wife, Mercy Owens, whom *101he appointed his executrix. Mercy Owens (the legatee) died in 1831, leaving a will, by which she bequeathed the same negro, Rose, to her daughter, T. Macbee, for seven years, (after the death of the testatrix,) and after the expiration of which term of servitude, she willed Rose “to be liberated and forever set free,” and appointed her son, James Owens, her executor. The other petitioners arc children of Rose, all born…
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