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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Merritt v. Scott 6 Ga. 563 1849 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Merritt v. Windley 14 N.C. 399 1832 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Merrit v. Smith 33 Va. 486 1835 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Merrit v. Warmouth 2 N.C. 16 1791 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Merriwether v. Eames 17 Ala. 330 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Merrymans v. Merryman 19 Va. 440 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Merry v. Chexnaider 8 Mart. (n.s.) 699 1830 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
Metayer v. Metayer 6 Mart. (o.s.) 16 1819 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, false imprisonment, damages, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, intervenor, evidence, seizure, property, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Meunier v. Couet 2 Mart. (o.s.) 56 1811 0 Petitory action, witness testimony Louisiana
Meunier v. Duperron 3 Mart. (o.s.) 285 1814 0 Damages, indemnification, trespass, torts, runaway enslaved person, fraud, criminal law Louisiana
Meux v. Anthony 11 Ark. 411 1850 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Meyer v. Fogg 7 Fla. 292 1857 0 Contest on Probate of a Will Supreme Court of FL
M'Farland v. Smith 1 Miss. 172 1824 0 Action of trespass Mississippi
M'Gowen v. Chapen 6 N.C. 61 1811 0 Property Interests North Carolina
M'Gowen v. Young 2 Stew. & P. 160 1832 0 Injunction against Removal of Enslaved Persons Alabama
M'Graw v Davenport 6 Port. 319 1838 0 Conveyance of Enenslaved persond Persosn in Will Alabama
M'Gregor & Darling v. Hall 3 Stew. & P. 397 1833 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
M'Grew v. Browder 2 Mart. (n.s.) 17 1823 0 Successions, theft, property, conflict of laws Louisiana