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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Selby v. Gibson 3 La. Ann. 209 1848 0 Bankruptcy, promissory notes, prescription, property, sales, simulation, witness testimony Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 3 La. Ann. 280 1848 0 Parol evidence, property, debts, promissory notes, conflict of laws, consideration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
McClenny v. Floyd 3 Tex. 114 1848 0 Action to recovery slaves Texas
Scott v. Bowles 3 La. Ann. 637 1848 0 Petitory action, successions, property Louisiana
Valega v. Broussard 3 La. Ann. 145 1848 0 Sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Gillespie v. Cammack 3 La. Ann. 248 1848 0 Judicial sales, property, recordation, promissory notes, mortgages, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Coiron v. Millaudon 3 La. Ann. 664 1848 0 Property, sales, successions, property, privileges, mandates, mortgages, fraud Louisiana
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Adams v. Lear 3 La. Ann. 144 1848 0 Sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges, partition Louisiana
Bibb v. Union Bank 3 La. Ann. 334 1848 0 Sheriff's sale, judicial seizure, prescription, mortgages, property, bonds, recordation, acquisitive prescription, hypothecary action Louisiana
Bisland v. Hewett 19 Miss. 164 1848 1 Mississippi
Tenison v. Martin 13 Ala. 21 1848 1 Alabama
Davis v. Turner 45 Va. 422 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Watts v. Clardy 2 Fla. 369 1848 0 Attachment of Marital Rights for Slaves Devised in Estate Supreme Court of FL
Roulhac v. White 31 N.C. 63 1848 0 Fraud North Carolina
Kirkpatrick v. Means 40 N.C. 220 1848 1 North Carolina
Presnell v. Landers 40 N.C. 251 1848 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Scott, Harper & Co. v. Dansby 12 Ala. 714 1848 0 Mortgage of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Le Baron v. Fauntleroy 2 Fla. 276 1848 0 Appeal for a Revocation of Probate Supreme Court of FL
M'New v. Smith 46 Va. 84 1848 1 Virginia