Summerall v. Thoms, 1850
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This case is about slaves or slavery.

Year: 1850
Citation: 3 Fla. 298
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of FL
People: Sue, Phoebe, Peter, Flora, Cornelia
Short Summary: After another party possessed them for more than five years. Ruling that adverse possession does not apply "where several slaves belong to several persons of the same family." In that case, the posession is in all the members
Law type: Recovery of a Slave
Full name: John A. Summerall, Plaintiff in Error, vs. Daniel Thoms and Wife, Defendants in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court

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