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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bocod v. Jacobs 2 La. 408 1831 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lamb v. Harrison's Adm'r 29 Va. 525 1831 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Burwell's Ex'ors v. Anderson 30 Va. 348 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Hanson v. Barnes' Lessee 3 G. & J. 359 1831 0 Maryland
Dismukes v. Musgrove 2 La. 335 1831 0 Sales, trusts, fraud, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Borel v. Fusillier 2 La. 570 1831 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, property Louisiana
Dewoody v. Hubbard 1 Stew. & P. 9 1831 0 Property dispute Alabama
Yarborough v. Harris 14 N.C. 40 1831 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Erwin's Executors v. Trion 2 La. 305 1831 0 Property, sales, successions, contracts, mortgages, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Allison v. Davidson 17 N.C. 79 1831 0 Sales North Carolina
McBrayer v. Roberts 17 N.C. 75 1831 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Callava v. Pope 30 Va. 103 1831 0 Action for ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Cooke 14 N.C. 112 1831 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Holmes v. Hall 14 N.C. 98 1831 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Spencer v. Cahoon 14 N.C. 80 1831 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina
McMaster v. Beckwith 2 La. 329 1831 0 Damages, torts, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Kemp v. Wamack 2 La. 272 1831 0 Tutorship, successions, wages, liquidation Louisiana
Speight v. Gatling 17 N.C. 5 1831 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Cargill v. Walker 1 Stew. & P. 223 1831 0 Contract Dispute Alabama