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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dwight v. Brown 9 Conn. 91 1831 1 Connecticut
Gregory v. Baugh 29 Va. 665 1831 0 Action of freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bishop v. Harrison's Adm'r 29 Va. 532 1831 1 Virginia
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Parter v. The Friendship 18 F. Cas. 1271 1831 0 Suit for salvage of alleged slave ship United States
Boyd v. Woodfin 3 Stew. 357 1831 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Stokes & Smith v. Upper Appomatox Co. 30 Va. 318 1831 1 Virginia
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina
Kelso v. Blackburn 30 Va. 299 1831 1 Virginia
Bach v. Hall 3 La. 116 1831 0 Sales, delivery, possessory action, petitory action, parol evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Burnett v. Harwell 30 Va. 89 1831 1 Virginia
United States v. Tingey 30 U.S. 115 1831 1 United States
Valsain v. Cloutier 3 La. 170 1831 0 Wills, debts, legitimacy, renunciation, property, successions, fraud, lesion, res judicara, filiation, prescription, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Torrance v. Hurst 1 Miss. 403 1831 1 Mississippi
Borel v. Fusillier 2 La. 570 1831 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, property Louisiana
Muggah v. Greig 2 La. 593 1831 0 Sales, petitory action, agency, mandates, delivery, parol evidence, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Labbe's Heirs v. Abat 2 La. 553 1831 0 Successions, property, community property, divorcesales, simulation, fraud, injunction, partition, consideration, capacity, hypothecary action, adultery, criminal law Louisiana
Hodder v. Nelder 2 La. 525 1831 0 Successions, partnerships, wills, property Louisiana
Jane v. State 3 Mo. 61 1831 0 Missouri
Beale's Heirs v. De Gruy 2 La. 468 1831 0 Sales, mortgages, promissory notes, redhibition, recission, damages, successions, contracts Louisiana