C. R. Diffendaffer argues that Augustus Jenkins "is entitled to a certain portion of the proceeds of the sale and hire of the negro man ... in right of his wife Elizabeth." The petitioner states that the couple was "married long previous to the passage of the act of 1842" that secured "to wifes their property in slaves." Diffendaffer claims that he has received a judgment against Augustus for $25.02, "the whole of which still remains due and unpaid." The petitioner asks that the court "order and direct" that his debt be satisfied from "so much of the portion ... as the said Augustus may be entitled to."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
