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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. McDonald 42 N.C. 58 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Osborne v. Horner 33 N.C. 359 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Easton v. Easton 42 N.C. 98 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Caffey v. Rankin 33 N.C. 449 1850 0 Petition to emancipate a slave North Carolina
Walker v. Shotwell 21 Miss. 544 1850 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Chattel mortgages after sale of property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Wilder v. Creecy 33 N.C. 421 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Wash v. State 22 Miss. 120 1850 0 Whether proof that an enslaved man was owned by a person was enough to uphold capital conviction Mississippi
McNair v. McKay 33 N.C. 602 1850 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Land v. Land 22 Miss. 99 1850 0 Marital rights to property Mississippi
Curll v. Compton 22 Miss. 56 1850 0 Whether married woman can pass right of ownership of enslaved persons Mississippi
Bynum v. Bynum 33 N.C. 632 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Melvin v. Robinson 42 N.C. 80 1850 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Walton v. Walton 42 N.C. 138 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Magee v. Harrington 21 Miss. 403 1850 0 Action of detinue for a slave Mississippi
Hanner v. Winburn 42 N.C. 142 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Tarkinton v. Latham 33 N.C. 596 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Simpson v. King 33 N.C. 377 1850 0 Action of detinnue North Carolina