Walkup v. Pratt
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Queen-Anne’s county court. The appellant petitioned the county court for his freedom, as being descended lineally in the female line, from a free woman named Violet. The general issue was pleaded. 1. At the trial the petitioner proved, by competent timony, that he was the son of a woman by the name of Tansey, who was the daughter of Violet.
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Appeal from Queen-Anne’s county court. The appellant petitioned the county court for his freedom, as being descended lineally in the female line, from a free woman named Violet. The general issue was pleaded. 1. At the trial the petitioner proved, by competent timony, that he was the son of a woman by the name of Tansey, who was the daughter of Violet. And after he given other evidence, not necessary to be noticed in this bill of exceptions, the defendant offered toread in evi- , ,. , deuce a commission, which issued m this cause on the 4th , , , oi May 1818, to three commissioners, residing:…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The petitioner in this cause claims his freedom as being descended from a free woman named Violet.
In the trial of the canse below, several bills of exceptions were taken to the opinions given by the court, and whether those opinions are erroneous, it is now our duty to .determine. The first hill of exceptions having been abandoned by the counsel for the petitioner, it is unnecessary to be considered by this court. The opinion expressed in that exception is of course concurred in.
The court are of opinion, that the opinion of the court below, in the second bill of exceptions, was correct. The *56te…
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