This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1773 |
| Citation: | 1 Md. 513 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | Bill of sale for a slave where the seller maintained possession three years in possession but did not have legal title. Holding that the new buyer does not commit a tort for conversion by buying and using property that he did not know he had legal title to. |
| Law type: | 0 |
| Full name: | John Leach against Jonathan Slater |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |