Rozier v. Holliday
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington county. Petition for freedom, by the appellant, against the appellee. The case was tried upon the issue offreedom, vel non. In the course of the trial two exceptions were taken by the petitioner to the rulings of the court, (Perry, J.,) both of which are fully stated in the opinion of this court. Under the rulings the verdict and judgment were against the petitioner, and he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
The appellant claims his freedom under the will of Van S. *385Brashears, which was executed on the 20th day of October 1832, and provided that all his property, real, personal and mixed, should belong to his wife, Maria, for her sole and exclusive use and benefit, but that at her death all his slaves then existing, and those that might be bom of them thereafter, should then cease to be slaves, and ever thereafter remain free. The will was admitted to probate on the 31st day of October 1832. It was proved on the trial that the petitioner was born after the death of the testator, and was the son of…
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