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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Yarborough v. West 10 Ga. 471 1851 0 Remainder of Estate cannot be given by verbal gift Supreme Court of Georgia
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
Ewing v. Sanford 19 Ala. 605 1851 0 Alleged Theft of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Symmes v. Arnold 10 Ga. 506 1851 0 Non-deed testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
Carlton v. Price 10 Ga. 495 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Arrington v. Cherry 10 Ga. 429 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Simmons v. Rarden 9 Ga. 543 1851 0 Recovery for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, false confessions Louisiana
Babin v. Nolan 6 La. Ann. 295 1851 0 Successions, marital property, partition Louisiana
Buddy v. Vanleer 6 La. Ann. 34 1851 0 Torts, leases, criminal law, negligence Louisiana
Emswiler v. Burham 6 La. Ann. 710 1851 0 Simulation, conversion, sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Hilborn v. Hester 43 N.C. 55 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Hudson v. Pierce 43 N.C. 126 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jackson v. Waters 10 Ga. 546 1851 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hooks v. Lee 43 N.C. 157 1851 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Clifford v. State 10 Ga. 422 1851 0 Larceny, Stealing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
McEntyre v. McEntyre 34 N.C. 299 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina