This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1772 |
| Citation: | 1 Md. 434 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Plaintiff claiming that he has a right to amend his return to appraisers to distinguish land from slaves, who might die. The Provincial Court quashed the sheriff's execution of sale as the debtor had not shewed his effects within the rules of common law. |
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| Full name: | Nathan Nicholson against Thomas Sligh |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |