U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1828

Johnson v. Mason

Johnson v. Mason
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided May 15, 1828
3 D.C. 294
Johnson v. Mason

Opinion of the Court

Petition for freedom. The Court (nem. con) was of opinion that if the petitioner was not brought into this county for sale or to reside, she is not entitled to freedom under the Maryland Act of 1796, c. 67, and that the act meant a permanent residence, a residence without expectation of change.

See the case of Jordan v. Sawyer, in this Court at April term, 1823, [2 Cranch, 373.]

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