This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1800 |
| Citation: | 1 H. & J. 4 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | Holding that in order for the charge to be sustaind, that master must bring a charge for assaulting or for slandering his slave. A charge of trespass can't be sustained if there is no discernable injury on the master. |
| Law type: | |
| Full name: | Cornfute vs. Dale |
| Court: | General Court of Maryland |