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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ellis v. Brown 6 Barb. 282 1849 1 New York
Frierson v. Irwin 4 La. Ann. 277 1849 0 Sales, conflict of laws, witness testimony Louisiana
Colvin v. Nelson 4 La. Ann. 544 1849 0 Donations, prohibited substitutions, property, partition, wills, successions Louisiana
Cobb v. Parham 4 La. Ann. 148 1849 0 Arbitration, property, liquidation, injunction, agency Louisiana
Succession of Dupuy 4 La. Ann. 570 1849 0 Wills, emancipation, property, mandates Louisiana
Brown v. Route 4 La. Ann. 270 1849 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, successions, obligations Louisiana
Crane v. Lewis 4 La. Ann. 320 1849 0 Conflict of laws, seizure, property, suretyship, possessory action, damages, contracts, torts, obligations Louisiana
State v. Jerry 4 La. Ann. 190 1849 0 Murder, jury selection Louisiana
Arnoult v. Deschapelles 4 La. Ann. 41 1849 0 Murder, damages, evidence, criminal law, liability Louisiana
McCalop v. Hereford 4 La. Ann. 185 1849 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, pledges Louisiana
Ledoux v. Rucker 4 La. Ann. 218 1849 0 Seizure, interest, custodial costs Louisiana
Vannoy v. Martin 41 N.C. 169 1849 1 North Carolina
Lindsay v. Hogg 41 N.C. 3 1849 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Currin 10 Pa. 498 1849 1 Pennsylvania
Burton v. Stamper 41 N.C. 14 1849 1 North Carolina
Moore v. Thibodeaux 4 La. Ann. 74 1849 0 Tutorship, successions, property, marital property, sales, prescription, suretyship Louisiana
Jones v. Lawrence 4 La. Ann. 279 1849 0 Possessory action, trusts, privileges, property, intervenor Louisiana
Bank of Kentucky v. Conner 4 La. Ann. 365 1849 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, property, fraud, creditor's rights Louisiana
Gibson v. White 4 La. Ann. 14 1849 0 Possessory action, intervenors, partition, sequestration, property Louisiana
Drayton v. United States 1 Hay. & Haz. 369 1849 1 District of Columbia