This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1848 |
| Citation: | 7 Gill 211 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | William Patterson |
| Short Summary: | Holding that a bill fo sale providing for freedom is not effective unless filed according to law. Concluding that the Court does not have jurisdiction for a case where a party is arraigned as a freeman but using an instrument of title to estop his defences due to his enslaved status. The matter should be adjudicated in orphans' court. |
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| Full name: | William Patterson vs. John Crookshanks |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |