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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Broome v. Curry's Adm'rs 19 Ala. 805 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Petty v. Boothe 19 Ala. 633 1851 0 Dispute over Marriage Deed Alabama
Ellick v. State 1 Swan 325 1851 0 Tennessee
Beavers v. Davis 19 Ala. 82 1851 0 Dispute over Sale of an Elsanved Person Alabama
Comby v. McMichael 19 Ala. 747 1851 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 1851 0 Tennessee
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Land v. Cowan 19 Ala. 297 1851 0 Dispute over Conveyance of Property during Widowhood Alabama
Rowland v. Walker 18 Ala. 749 1851 0 Failure of Consideration Alabama
Hirschfelder v. State 19 Ala. 534 1851 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Norton v. Linton 18 Ala. 690 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Romer v. Woods 6 La. Ann. 29 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, prescription Louisiana
McCravey v. Remson 19 Ala. 430 1851 0 Detinue and Dispute over Will Alabama
Smith v. Nicholson 6 La. Ann. 704 1851 0 Trespass, conversion, successions, peremption Louisiana
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Theriot v. Henderson 6 La. Ann. 222 1851 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand Louisiana
Bank of Mobile v. Harris 6 La. Ann. 811 1851 0 Mortgages, property, sales, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
Boykin v. O'Hara 6 La. Ann. 115 1851 0 Mandates, property, mortgages, judicial sales Louisiana