Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1824

Township of Chatham v. Executors of Canfield

Township of Chatham v. Executors of Canfield
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided September 15, 1824
8 N.J.L. 63
Township of Chatham v. Executors of Canfield

Opinion of the Court

Fer curiam.

The court are of opinion, that negro William was, according to the evidence in the cause, the slave of Samuel Canfield, and therefore the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas ought to be reversed.

Judgment reversed.

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