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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Union Bank v. Jones 4 La. Ann. 236 1849 1 Louisiana
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 Will & trust New Jersey
Dwight v. Simon 4 La. Ann. 490 1849 1 Louisiana
Town of Peacham v. Carter 21 Vt. 515 1849 1 Vermont
Thomas v. Denton 15 Ala. 583 1849 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Merritt v. Scott 6 Ga. 563 1849 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Butler v. Boyles 29 Tenn. 155 1849 0 Tennessee
Echols v. Barrett 6 Ga. 443 1849 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
State v. Henry 31 N.C. 463 1849 0 Burglary North Carolina
Foster v. Brooks 6 Ga. 287 1849 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Leach v. West 16 Ala. 250 1849 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Frierson v. Beall 7 Ga. 438 1849 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Stewart v. Pattison 8 Gill 46 1849 0 Maryland
Lunsford v. Baynham 29 Tenn. 267 1849 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Kernochen 48 U.S. 198 1849 1 United States
Peyton v. Ayres 2 Md. Ch. 64 1849 1 Maryland
Brown v. Stone 4 La. Ann. 235 1849 1 Louisiana
Moore v. Bray 10 Pa. 519 1849 1 Pennsylvania
Anderson v. De Soer 47 Va. 363 1849 1 Virginia