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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rankin v. Bell 2 La. Ann. 486 1847 0 Petitory action, successions, property, sales, seizure, wills, acquisitive prescription, adverse possession Louisiana
Rankin v. Bradford 28 Va. 163 1829 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Rankin v. Holloway 11 Miss. 614 1844 0 Public sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Rankin v. Hoyle 41 N.C. 161 1849 0 Sales North Carolina
Rankin v. Rankin 31 N.C. 156 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Rankin v. Stewart 5 La. 357 1850 0 Agency, sales, property, leases Louisiana
Ranlett v. Constance 15 La. Ann. 423 1860 0 Remedies, fraud, property, consideration, Secured transactions, debt, Louisiana
Ransone v. Frayser's Ex'ors 37 Va. 592 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Ransone v. Grist 40 Ga. 241 1869 0 Promissory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Raper's Heirs v. Yocum 3 Mart. (o.s.) 424 1814 0 Sales, successions, evidence, property, parol evidence, contracts, Louisiana
Raper v. Sanders 62 Va. 60 1871 0 Collusion to sell SC of Appeals VA
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Community property, property, sales, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Rasberry v. Moye 23 Miss. 320 1852 0 Consideration for fraudulent sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Rasco v. Willis 5 Ala. 38 1843 0 Termination of Contract of Enslaved Personsfor Hire Alabama
Raspillier v. Brownson 7 La. 231 1834 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, damages, contracts, privity Louisiana
Ratcliffe v. Dougherty 24 Miss. 181 1852 0 Gift of enslaved person from husband to wife Mississippi
Ratcliff v. Hicks 23 Tex. 173 1859 0 Texas
Ratcliff v. Polly 53 Va. 528 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Ratcliff v. Ratcliff 20 Miss. 134 1849 0 Life estate dispute Mississippi
Ratliffe v. Collins 35 Miss. 581 1858 0 Wife's liability for husband's debts Mississippi