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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Westbrook v. Mitchell 24 Tex. 560 1859 0 Texas
Westbrook v. Croom 15 N.C. 250 1833 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Wesley v. Thomas 6 H. & J. 24 1823 0 Maryland
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
Werner v. Kelly 9 La. Ann. 60 1854 0 Marital property, partition, defamation Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Successions, property, contract Louisiana
Wells v. Wilder 36 Ga. 194 1867 0 Slave Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Revocation of will by deed, when contract between husband and wife Mississippi
Wells v. Wells 8 Mart. (n.s.) 307 1829 0 Damages, possessory action, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Wells v. Walker 8 La. 14 1835 0 Petitory action, property, sales, fraud, recordation, privileges Louisiana
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Shipp 1 Miss. 353 1829 0 Detinue to recover slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Roach 10 La. Ann. 543 1855 0 Curatorship, successions, marital property, debts Louisiana
Wells v. Ragland 31 Tenn. 501 1852 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Mitchell 39 Miss. 800 1861 0 Petition for demurrer on settlement of estate Mississippi
Wells v. McMaster 5 Rob. 154 1843 0 Petitory action, damages Louisiana
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Recovery for haboring slaves SC of New York
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Wells v. Hunter 5 Mart. (n.s.) 119 1826 0 Injunction, property, sales, successions, res judicata, contracts Louisiana