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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 Slave Importation United States
Jackson v. Ligon 30 Va. 161 1831 0 Suit for specific performance (sale of land) SC of Appeals VA
Bishop v. Harrison's Adm'r 29 Va. 532 1831 1 Virginia
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Hewitt's Case 3 Bland 184 1831 1 Maryland
Kerr & Bell v. Whiteside 1 Ill. 390 1831 1 Illinois
Speight v. Gatling 17 N.C. 5 1831 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Cooper v. Pridgeon 17 N.C. 98 1831 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Watson v. Orr 14 N.C. 161 1831 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Reed's Heirs v. Vannorsdale 29 Va. 569 1831 1 Virginia
Gilliat v. Lynch 29 Va. 493 1831 1 Virginia
Clarke v. Cotton 17 N.C. 51 1831 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Allison v. Davidson 17 N.C. 79 1831 0 Sales North Carolina
Spencer v. Cahoon 14 N.C. 80 1831 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Jones v. Cooke 14 N.C. 112 1831 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Wilson v. Wilson 17 N.C. 181 1831 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Villines v. Norfleet 17 N.C. 167 1831 0 Trusts North Carolina
Bissell v. Bozman 17 N.C. 154 1831 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Atkinson v. Clarke 14 N.C. 171 1831 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Trasher v. Everhart 3 G. & J. 234 1831 1 Maryland