This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1831 |
| Citation: | 3 G. & J. 359 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Involving the sale of slaves. Holding that the sale did not pass title to the purchaser, even in the hands of the sheriff, becuase the original owner's title would pass to their heirs and tenants after death. |
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| Full name: | William Hanson vs. John Barnes' Lessee |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |