SCOTT v. NEGRO LONDON


7 U.S. 324 (____)

3 Cranch 324

SCOTT v. NEGRO LONDON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.J. Lee, for the plaintiff in error.

C. Lee, contra.


MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the court.

This case arises under a clause, in an act of the Virginia assembly, giving freedom to slaves who shall be brought thereafter into that state, and kept therein one whole year together, or so long at different times as shall amount to one year; and under a proviso of the same act, that it shall not extend to any person who may incline to remove from any of the United States...

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