Case Name: Margaret M. Cannon v. Thomas Davis
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-11
Citations: 1 Cranch 457
Docket Number: 
Parties: Margaret M. Cannon v. Thomas Davis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 457–457

Head Matter:
Margaret M. Cannon v. Thomas Davis.
This Court has jurisdiction to discharge an apprentice upon petition, on account of cruelty of the master, and to bind out the petitioner to another master.
On the petition of Margaret Matilda Cannon, an apprentice, to be discharged from her indentures on account of cruelty of her master.

Opinion:
The Court,
after some argument, decided (nem. con.) that they had jurisdiction in this case, and being satisfied of the cruelty of her master, Thomas Davis, ordered the apprentice to be removed, the indentures to be cancelled, and the child to be bound out to George Drinker. See the Act of Virginia, 11th December, 1792. e. 95, § 15, p. 174.