This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1858 |
| Citation: | 12 Md. 450 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Citing the Dred Scott decision that a person is presumed a slave by color of their skin. Affiriming the lower court's overruling for a motion to request a new trial because a Negro does not have power to sue. |
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| Full name: | Josiah Hughes vs. Samuel Jackson |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |