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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Houston v. Starnes 34 N.C. 313 1851 0 Action on a covenant North Carolina
Taylor v. Stedman 35 N.C. 97 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Lyon v. Lyon 43 N.C. 201 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Pitt v. Albritton 34 N.C. 74 1851 0 Property Interests North Carolina
State v. Martin 34 N.C. 157 1851 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Lehman v. Logan 42 N.C. 296 1851 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Davidson v. Potts 42 N.C. 272 1851 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Foy v. Foy 35 N.C. 90 1851 0 Divorce Petition North Carolina
Maxwell v. Maxwell 43 N.C. 25 1851 0 Estates North Carolina
Grady v. Threadgill 35 N.C. 228 1851 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Forbes v. Smith 43 N.C. 30 1851 0 Trusts North Carolina
Richardson v. Pridgen 43 N.C. 153 1851 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Bach v. Abbott 6 La. Ann. 809 1851 0 Sales, mandates, mortgages, promissory notes, simulation Louisiana
Mitchell v. Otey 23 Miss. 236 1851 0 Subjecting wife's separate property to pay husband's debts Mississippi
Bank of England v. Tarleton 23 Miss. 173 1851 0 Creditor's rights Mississippi
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi
Carter v. Reynolds 6 Tex. 561 1851 0 Action to force sale of slaves Texas
Peters v. Caton 6 Tex. 554 1851 0 Will & trust Texas
Williams v. Beasley 35 N.C. 112 1851 1 North Carolina
Davis v. Loftin 6 Tex. 489 1851 0 Bill of sale dispute Texas