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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. Cantrell 16 Ark. 154 1855 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Arkansas
Hinson v. Hinson 10 La. Ann. 580 1855 0 Petitory action, wills, creditors rights, promissory notes Louisiana
Snelling v. Darrell 17 Ga. 141 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Heirs of Fowler v. Beatty 10 La. Ann. 275 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, prescription, seizure, sales Louisiana
Mouton v. Beauchamp 10 La. Ann. 666 1855 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, successions, sales, fraud Louisiana
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Lobdell 10 La. Ann. 130 1855 0 Loans, debts, judicial seizure Louisiana
State v. Dick 10 La. Ann. 461 1855 0 Criminal law, assault, sentencing, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Gunn v. Howell 27 Ala. 663 1855 1 Alabama
Wolf v. Lowry 10 La. Ann. 272 1855 0 Hypothecary action, sales, seizure, mortgages, privileges, property, bakruptcy, debts, community property, fraud, collusion Louisiana
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Priestly v. Shaughnessy 10 La. Ann. 455 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation Louisiana
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Hoffman, Burneston & Co. v. Mackall 5 Ohio St. 124 1855 1 Ohio
Cochran v. Walker 10 La. Ann. 431 1855 0 Sales, privileges, property Louisiana
State v. Thompson 10 La. Ann. 122 1855 0 Criminal law, warrants Louisiana
Hammond v. Stovall 17 Ga. 491 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Savage v. Walshe 26 Ala. 619 1855 1 Alabama