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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Myers v. Myers 8 La. Ann. 369 1853 0 Judicial seizure, mortgages, fraud Louisiana
Myers v. Gilbert 18 Ala. 467 1850 0 Damages for Loss of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
M'Vaughters v. Elder 4 S.C.L. 307 1809 0 Wills & Estates South Carolina
Mutual Assurance Society v. Stanard 18 Va. 539 1815 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Musson v. Clayton 1 La. Ann. 122 1846 0 Redhibition, sales, damages, recission, larceny, pecuniary loss Louisiana
Mushat v. Brevard 15 N.C. 73 1833 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Property, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sales, fraud, syndic, prescription, contracts, community property Louisiana
Muse Executor of Heffernan v. Vidal 20 Va. 27 1817 0 Trespass to Land SC of Appeals VA
Muscogee Railroad v. Neal 26 Ga. 120 1858 0 Recovery for damegs for death of slave on railroad Supreme Court of Georgia
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Murrell v. Johnson's Administrator 11 Va. 450 1807 0 Suit on an indemnifying bond SC of Appeals VA
Murray v. State 18 Ala. 727 1851 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Murray v. State 9 Fla. 246 1860 0 Inclusion of Slaves in Criminal Statutes Supreme Court of FL
Murray v. Oliver 41 N.C. 55 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Murray v. M'Carty 16 Va. 394 1811 0 Suit for freedom ? SC of Appeals VA
Murray v. Dulany 3 D.C. 343 1828 0 Assault and Battery United States
Murphy v. State 24 Miss. 590 1852 0 Whether the name of an enslaved person or their owner must be stated in an indictment under specific act Mississippi
Murphy v. State 28 Miss. 637 1855 0 Indictment for illegally trading with an enslaved person Mississippi
Murphy v. Ray 73 N.C. 588 1875 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina