Alexander Scott and his wife, Greasey Scott, join E. Preston in stating that Robert Royston filed a petition on 23 November 1862, praying that "a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Isaac Howard negro ... not be admitted to probate." The petitioners ask the court to transmit two issues to the Baltimore County Circuit Court for trial. They want to know if Isaac Howard was the "slave and property" of Robert Royston when Howard made his will and when he died, and if Howard was the property of Royston and "therefore had no property to bequeath or will."
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