<petition><petition_analysis_number>20981612</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20981612</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Montgomery</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>1</file_day><file_month>2</file_month><file_year>1816</file_year><filing_court>Chancery</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Samuel Lukins, a member of the Society of Friends, asks the court to rescind an earlier judgment against him.  Lukins states that John S. and Ann Camden petitioned for the possession of a slave and for financial compensation from his hire.  Lukins charges that "he should not be bound thereby" because the decree was "founded upon a mistake in the law."</abstract><subjects><subject>Churches</subject></subjects></petition>