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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dawson v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 212 1851 0 Property, privileges, mortgages, sales, promissory notes Louisiana
Overman v. Coble 35 N.C. 1 1851 1 North Carolina
McKee v. Amonett 6 La. Ann. 207 1851 0 Sales, mandates, property, suretyship Louisiana
State v. Read 6 La. Ann. 227 1851 0 Criminal law Louisiana
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Property, trusts, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of McGill 6 La. Ann. 327 1851 0 Wills, marital property, sales, successions, conflict of laws, prescription, mortgages Louisiana
Rawls v. Rawls 6 La. Ann. 665 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, sales, tutorship Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana
Wallis v. Thomas 6 La. Ann. 76 1851 0 Sales, judicial seizure Louisiana
McGibboney v. Mills 35 N.C. 163 1851 1 North Carolina
Murphy v. Hubert 16 Pa. 50 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Williams v. Hayes 5 How. Pr. 470 1851 1 New York
Collins v. Hope 20 Ohio 492 1851 1 Ohio
Dundas v. Hitchcock 53 U.S. 256 1851 1 United States
Sloan v. McKinney 19 Ala. 115 1851 1 Alabama
McGrew v. Governor 19 Ala. 89 1851 1 Alabama
Roach v. Coe 1 E.D. Smith 175 1851 1 New York
Fontaine v. Beers 19 Ala. 722 1851 1 Alabama
Hunt v. Barfield 19 Ala. 117 1851 1 Alabama
McClung's Ex'rs v. Spotswood 19 Ala. 165 1851 1 Alabama