This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1852 |
| Citation: | 3 Md. 259 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | The appellant, a professor at the Naval Academy, argued that his stock and personal property should be tax exempt. The commissioners directed that the property owned by public loan should be taxed. The appellant argued that the United States could not claim exclusive jurisdiciton as this would mean that Congress could abolish slavery at the Naval Academy. The court ruled in favor of the professor that all property owned by those in the prescribed jurisdiction are tax exempt. |
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| Full name: | William M. Chauvenet vs. The Commissioners of Anne Arundel County |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |