>Your property is accused of being used in a criminal act. what happened to that case of the slave who tried to sue for his freedom, but his suit was rejected

>Your property is accused of being used in a criminal act. what happened to that case of the slave who tried to sue for his freedom, but his suit was rejected because he was property, and property couldn't sue? Edit: found the case, it was Dred Scott vs. Sandford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford