This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1838 |
| Citation: | 9 G. & J. 428 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Catharine Bowie |
| Short Summary: | Holding that a contract between a third party and a slave is not void, it is only voidable. Here, since the fact of slavery was brought as a defence in re-instating the case, there can be no ground for complaint. A petition for judgement in error can only be done for questions of law, not questions of fact, this instance being the latter. |
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| Full name: | Thomas Hawkins use of Alexander Mundell vs. Catharine Bowie, adm'x of John B. Bowie |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |