This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1828 |
| Citation: | 2 H. & G. 277 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | Dealing with a debt for the hire of slaves. Interpreting an act of 1720 that suits by a creditor must show justification for the proceedings unless the case can be proven solely by confession. |
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| Full name: | Laidler's Adm'x. vs The State, use of Hawkins |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |