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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leroy M. Wiley, Parish & Co. v. Smith 3 Ga. 551 1847 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Sentencing a Slave to Death for the Rape of a White Women Supreme Court of FL
McKinstry v. Conly 12 Ala. 678 1847 0 Redemption of an Enslaved Person on a Mortgage Alabama
Isbell's adm'r v. Norvell's ex'or 45 Va. 176 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Bender v. Reynolds 12 Ala. 446 1847 0 Dispute over Deed in Marriage Agreement Alabama
State v. George 29 N.C. 321 1847 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
Paschal v. Davis 3 Ga. 256 1847 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Jordan v. Mead 12 Ala. 247 1847 0 Foreclosure on Mortgages Alabama
Hester v. Young 2 Ga. 31 1847 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Brady v. Parker 39 N.C. 430 1847 0 Contracts North Carolina
White v. Strother 11 Ala. 720 1847 0 Trover Alabama
McLane v. Spence 11 Ala. 172 1847 0 Trespass Alabama
Freeman v. Stacy 2 La. Ann. 615 1847 0 Title, leases, sales, litigious rights, property, fieri facias Louisiana
Richardson v. Pumphrey 2 La. Ann. 448 1847 0 Partnerships, fraud, contracts, damges, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Dwight v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 459 1847 0 Sales, freedom suit, eviction, seizure, bonds, obligations Louisiana
Johnson v. Johnson 2 La. Ann. 67 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, fraud, damages, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Cumming v. Biossatt 2 La. Ann. 794 1847 0 Mortgages, sales, seizure, privileges, recordation Louisiana
Roebuck v. Curry 2 La. Ann. 998 1847 0 Damages, batteryk witness testimony, criminal law, emancipation Louisiana
Depas v. Riez 2 La. Ann. 30 1847 0 Community property, successions, privileges, debts, division in kind, promissory notes, usufruct Louisiana
Robinett v. Compton 2 La. Ann. 846 1847 0 Community property, successions, sales, damages, title, good faith possessors, mortgages, warranty Louisiana