THOMAS JEFFERSON LEGAL OPINION IN WAYLAND CASE., 1782

Scope and content:

Will does not protect Mrs. Wayland, who must claim legal rights. Cites Garbland vs. Mayot 2 Vernon 105, Cook vs. Cook ibid. 545, Bateman vs. Roach 9 Modern Cases in Law and Equity 104, and Coleman vs. Seymour 1 Vesey 209. [2379]

Physical description:
D. 1 pp. Contemporary transcript. Photostat. Original owned by Madison County Court House. Copy attested by Clerk. (Original ADS of T. J. subsequently purchased. ; Barrow.) Printed: John Cook Wyllie, "The Second Mrs. Wayland, An Unpublished Jefferson Opinion on a Case in Equity," American Journal of Legal History, IX (1965), 64-68.

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