This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1768 |
| Citation: | 1 Md. 281 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Involving the parcel of land that the appellant (the original defendant) and his ancestors had lived on for over forty years and whose slaves had cut logs for profit. Reversing the judgement as to Benjamin Johnson, a minor, but reversing it as to Thomas Johnson who adversely possessed and worked the land (via his slaves) for a long period of time. Note that the Provincial Court does not give an explanation for the reversal. |
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| Full name: | Benjamin Johnson, and Thomas Johnson's Lessee, against John Howard, by Guardian |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |