This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1841 |
| Citation: | 12 G. & J. 265 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Upton |
| Short Summary: | Ruling that a contract involving multiple parties requires mutual assent as to each recipient. It is not possible to combine contracts involving separate parties in order to involve both of them as to the full contract. |
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| Full name: | William Slater vs. William M. F. Magraw and George H. Dutton |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |