This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1853 |
| Citation: | 5 Md. 450 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Arguing that the dispute arose from the plaintiff's slaves cutting trees on the defenants land. Therefore, the defendant going onto the plaintiff's land was not for violence but to negotiate a compromise. Holding that these circumstances are relevant but that there is no form of evidence to license the party's house in this way. |
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| Full name: | William J. Handy and Henry J. Tull, vs. Isaac Johnson |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |