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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mebane v. Womack 55 N.C. 293 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Doe on the demise of Bason v. Holt 47 N.C. 323 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Watkins' Adm'r v. Pemberton 47 N.C. 174 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Hairston v. Hairston 55 N.C. 123 1855 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Berret v. Adams 10 La. Ann. 77 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory note Louisiana
Cohoon v. Speed 47 N.C. 133 1855 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Mardree v. Sutton 47 N.C. 146 1855 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
O'Neal v. Baker 47 N.C. 168 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Freeman v. Dwiggins 55 N.C. 162 1855 0 Contracts North Carolina
White v. Michael Brown & Son 47 N.C. 403 1855 0 Action of debt North Carolina
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Fee simple, Estates, sales, bailments Louisiana
Roussel v. Phipps 10 La. Ann. 119 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, probate Louisiana
Moye v. Beaman 48 N.C. 140 1855 0 Issue of fraud North Carolina
Matthis v. Matthis 48 N.C. 132 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Eckles v. Bates 26 Ala. 655 1855 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Pilkington v. Cotten 55 N.C. 238 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Richards v. Fuqua's Adm'rs 28 Miss. 792 1855 0 Recovery of value of deceased enslaved man Mississippi
Clements v. Maloney 17 Ga. 289 1855 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Dabbs v. Dabbs 27 Ala. 646 1855 0 Will & trust Alabama