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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Handy v. Sterling 1 La. Ann. 308 1846 0 Community property, successions, sales, mortgages, privileges, debts Louisiana
Croom v. Wright 39 N.C. 248 1846 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Escurieux v. Chapdu 12 La. 520 1846 0 Seizure, successions, witness testimony, sales, promissory notes Louisiana
Webb v. Goodby 12 La. 539 1846 0 Successions, partition, donation inter vivos, emancipation Louisiana
Nolan v. Babin 12 La. 531 1846 0 Seizure, property, sales, partition, damages Louisiana
In re Kirk 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 315 1846 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Jones v. Coon 13 Miss. 751 1846 0 Personal property dispute Mississippi
Copley v. Lambeth 1 La. Ann. 316 1846 0 Sales, bonds, suretyship, litigious rights Louisiana
Spurlock v. Mainer 1 La. Ann. 301 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, hypothecary action, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Hamilton v. Michel 12 La. 593 1846 0 Injunctions, seizure, sales, property, notice, parol evidence Louisiana
Cottle v. Wilson 1 La. Ann. 4 1846 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Paxton v. Boyce 1 Tex. 317 1846 0 Levy on slave dispute Texas
Lambeth v. Turner 1 Tex. 364 1846 0 Levy on slaves dispute Texas
Ford v. Ford 26 Tenn. 92 1846 0 Tennessee
Mudd v. Turton 4 Gill 233 1846 0 Maryland
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Harrison v. Mock 10 Ala. 185 1846 0 Dispute over Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Anderson v. Hooks 9 Ala. 704 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Andrews & Bros. v. Jones 10 Ala. 400 1846 0 Deed of trust dispute Alabama