Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burkett v. Layton 7 La. 457 1844 0 Trusts, marriage, community property, conflict of laws, privileges, prescription Louisiana
Self v. Morris 7 La. 24 1844 0 Successions, community property, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Drummond v. Commissioners of the Clinton & Port Hudson Railroad 7 La. 234 1844 0 Sales, fraud, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Knight v. Heinnes 9 Rob. 377 1844 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hagan v. Hart 6 Rob. 427 1844 0 Sales, privileges, seizure, injunction, property Louisiana
Cox v. Camp 6 Rob. 425 1844 0 Community property, warranty, sales, simulation, mortgages Louisiana
White v. Guyot 6 Rob. 443 1844 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Haydel v. Betts 6 Rob. 438 1844 0 Sales, recordation, fraud, redhibition, damages, recission Louisiana
Mills v. Stewart 24 Tenn. 308 1844 0 Tennessee
Jim v. State 24 Tenn. 145 1844 0 Tennessee
Bill v. State 24 Tenn. 155 1844 0 Tennessee
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Booker v. Booker 24 Tenn. 505 1844 0 Tennessee
Phœbe v. Boggess 42 Va. 129 1844 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Stacy 5 Ark. 403 1844 0 Motion for a new trial Arkansas
Magee v. Childers 6 Ala. 196 1844 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
State ex rel. Woods v. Fuller 27 N.C. 26 1844 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Kirk v. Suttle 6 Ala. 679 1844 0 Action for carrying away property Alabama
Worten v. Howard 10 Miss. 527 1844 0 Action to recover a slave Mississippi
State v. Bill 8 Rob. 527 1844 0 Criminal law, rape, statutory interpretation Louisiana