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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Davis 18 Ga. 679 1855 0 Action brought for death of slave on carriage Supreme Court of Georgia
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Heirs of Singleton v. Kelly 11 La. Ann. 646 1855 0 Sales, wills, pledges, property, mortgage, trusts Louisiana
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
Gerkins v. Williams 48 N.C. 11 1855 0 Issue of fraud North Carolina
Brickell v. Conner 10 La. Ann. 235 1855 0 Partition, property Louisiana
Jeter v. Sandall 10 La. Ann. 237 1855 0 Probate, sales Louisiana
Dunlop v. Executors of Gordon 10 La. Ann. 243 1855 0 Suretyship, property, sales, contracts Louisiana
Tunnard v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 247 1855 0 Judicial seizure and sale, property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Fellowes v. Young 10 La. Ann. 267 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Jewell v. Read 10 La. Ann. 144 1855 0 Mortgages, property, recordation, consideration Louisiana
Hately v. State 15 Ga. 346 1854 0 Indicted for sale of liquor of slave Supreme court of Georgia
Smith v. Nettles 9 La. Ann. 455 1854 0 Probate, sales, mortgages, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Succession of Boone 9 La. Ann. 258 1854 0 Sales, property, partition, forced heirs Louisiana
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi
In re the Succession of Smith 9 La. Ann. 107 1854 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges Louisiana
Thompson v. Womack 9 La. Ann. 555 1854 0 Successions, partition, property, marriage, donations Louisiana
Thorn v. Tyson 9 La. Ann. 231 1854 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Isbell v. Maclin 24 Ala. 315 1854 0 Debt dispute Alabama
Mayson's Administrator v. Beazley's Administrator 27 Miss. 106 1854 0 Liability of partners for insolvency Mississippi