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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Lucas v. Oliver 34 Ala. 626 1859 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Poindexter v. Jeffries 56 Va. 363 1859 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Davis v. Christian 56 Va. 11 1859 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Hoyle 40 Tenn. 56 1859 0 Tennessee
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Byram v. McGuire 40 Tenn. 530 1859 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Fall v. Roper 40 Tenn. 485 1859 0 Tennessee
Atkinson v. Rogers 14 La. Ann. 633 1859 0 Wills, immovable property, domicile, partnerships Louisiana
Roddy v. Cox 29 Ga. 298 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Nesbitt v. Pearson's Adm'rs 33 Ala. 668 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
De Blane v. Hugh Lynch & Co. 23 Tex. 25 1859 0 Texas
Hardy v. Voorhies 14 La. Ann. 776 1859 0 Murder, Execution Louisiana
State v. Fuller 14 La. Ann. 720 1859 0 Theft, harboring of an enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Fuselier v. Babineau 14 La. Ann. 764 1859 0 Suretyship, Tutorships, Wills Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Fassman & Yancey 14 La. Ann. 865 1859 0 Taxes Louisiana
Calmes v. Duplantier 14 La. Ann. 814 1859 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Louisiana
R. C. Cummings & Co. v. Harsabrauch 14 La. Ann. 711 1859 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, consideration Louisiana
Tillman v. Mosely 14 La. Ann. 710 1859 0 Domicile, Contracts, Donations, Inheritence Louisiana