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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Deans v. McLendon 30 Miss. 343 1855 0 Illegal sale of enslaved men Mississippi
Stimpson v. Fries 55 N.C. 156 1855 0 Action of debt North Carolina
State v. Woodly 47 N.C. 276 1855 0 Indicment for concealing a slave North Carolina
Weatherly v. Miller 47 N.C. 166 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Brock v. King 47 N.C. 302 1855 0 Property interests North Carolina
Cowles v. Rowland 47 N.C. 219 1855 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Mosely v. Lane 27 Ala. 62 1855 1 Alabama
Cleland v. Waters 19 Ga. 35 1855 1 Georgia
Brame v. Brame 55 N.C. 280 1855 0 Deeds North Carolina
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
State v. Igo 21 Mo. 459 1855 1 Missouri
Mays v. Williams 27 Ala. 267 1855 1 Alabama
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
Walker v. Wootten 18 Ga. 119 1855 1 Georgia