State v. Frees
1 N.J.L. 299
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Bluebook
State v. Frees, 1 N.J.L. 299 (N.J. 1794).
Opinion
The court disallowed the claim, and remanded the negroes, holding that these casual and general declarations, unaccompanied with any particular act or formality, were insufficient to give them their freedom. See Kettletas v. Fleet, 7 Johns. 324. And as testator had devised away all his real and personal estate, they must go with the other property, and legally belonged to the defendant.
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