BLACKBURN v. CRAWFORDS, 70 U.S. 175 (1865)

BLACKBURN v. CRAWFORDS. DECEMBER TERM, 1865. 1. Though on a question of marriage and legitimacy, it is competent, in order to prove an heirship asserted, to give in evidence the declarations of any deceased member of that family to which the person from whom the estate descends belonged, yet it is not competent to give […]

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70 U.S. 175

70 U.S. 175 70 U.S. 175 18 L.Ed. 186 3 Wall. 175 BLACKBURNv.CRAWFORDS. December Term, 1865 DR. CRAWFORD, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, died intestate, in December, 1859, the proprietor of large landed estates there; Greenwood Park, Waring’s Grove, Federal Hill, Westphalia, Ranleigh, &c. He left no wife, nor child, nor brother nor sister surviving […]

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