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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Morancy v. Police Jury of Madison 10 La. Ann. 222 1855 0 Employment law, prescription, debts Louisiana
Doe on demise of Drake v. Merrill 47 N.C. 368 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Callard v. Matthews 10 La. Ann. 233 1855 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, substitution Louisiana
State v. Woodly 47 N.C. 276 1855 0 Indicment for concealing a slave North Carolina
Succession of McCalop 10 La. Ann. 224 1855 0 Estates, wills, seizure, promissory notes, property Louisiana
State v. Gardner 10 La. Ann. 25 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, federal rules of civil procedure Louisiana
Hammond v. Stovall 17 Ga. 491 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Cohoon v. Speed 47 N.C. 133 1855 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Hairston v. Hairston 55 N.C. 123 1855 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Edney v. Bryson 47 N.C. 365 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Long v. Wright 47 N.C. 140 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Berry v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church 7 Md. 564 1855 0 Maryland
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 injunction Supreme Court of Georgia
Watkins' Adm'r v. Pemberton 47 N.C. 174 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Shaw v. Reneau 10 La. Ann. 190 1855 0 Wills, marital property, estates, successions Louisiana
Young v. Epperson 14 Tex. 618 1855 0 Recovery for slaves Texas
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Gourdain v. Baylies 10 La. Ann. 691 1855 0 Sales, simulation Louisiana