This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1839 |
| Citation: | 11 G. & J. 28 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | Admissiblity of declearation of third persons. "gave witness a key, and directed a negro man in the employment of defendants, to go with witness and show him the trunk on board said boat, in which packages of value were put; requesting witness to place said package of bank notes in said trunk or chest, which witness accordingly did, and having locked the chest, returned the key to said Sheppard." Holding that third party statements here are a narrative of what happened rahter than a statement made as an admission or in a representative capacity. |
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| Full name: | The Franklin Bank of Baltimore vs. The Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland Steam Navigation Company |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |