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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rixey v. Justices of Fauquier 30 Va. 811 1831 0 Charging taxes for keeping people who were suing for their freedom ?? General Ct of VA
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Jackson v. Ligon 30 Va. 161 1831 0 Suit for specific performance (sale of land) SC of Appeals VA
Rucker's Adm'r v. Gilbert 30 Va. 8 1831 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Boyd v. Cook 30 Va. 32 1831 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Randolph v. Randolph 29 Va. 540 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Pleasants v. Clements 29 Va. 474 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Baylor v. McGregor 1 Stew. & P. 158 1831 0 Action to expose sale Alabama
Mary v. Talburt 4 D.C. 187 1831 0 Freedom Petition United States
Arnold v. Blackwell 17 N.C. 1 1831 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Bishop's Ex'or v. Bishop 29 Va. 484 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Tankersley v. Lipscomb 30 Va. 813 1831 0 Harboring a runaway slave General Ct of VA
Dewoody v. Hubbard 1 Stew. & P. 9 1831 0 Property dispute Alabama
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Detinue Alabama
Urie v. Johnston 3 Pen. & W. 212 1831 0 Recovery for work SC of PA.
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Indictment for forcible detainment SC of PA.
Cargill v. Walker 1 Stew. & P. 223 1831 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Lamb v. Harrison's Adm'r 29 Va. 525 1831 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Heffernan's Adm'r v. Grymes's Adm'r 29 Va. 512 1831 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA