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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Miller v. Pickens 26 Miss. 182 1853 0 Reimbursement for removal of enslaved persons Mississippi
Mason v. Moody 26 Miss. 184 1853 0 Status of mortgage Mississippi
Thompson v. Ross 26 Miss. 198 1853 0 Perfection of execution Mississippi
Townsend v. Henry 26 Miss. 203 1853 0 Distribution of proceeds from sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Craig v. Phipps 23 Miss. 240 1851 0 Issue arising from warranty (?) Mississippi
Selph v. Howland 23 Miss. 264 1852 0 Right of married woman to contract Mississippi
Boarman v. Groves 23 Miss. 280 1852 0 Binding of wife's separate property Mississippi
Guier v. Guier 7 La. Ann. 103 1852 0 Sales, successions, property, usufruct Louisiana
State v. George 50 N.C. 233 1858 0 Murder North Carolina
State ex rel. Latham v. Fagan 51 N.C. 62 1858 0 Property interests North Carolina
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Mortgages, sales, possessory action Louisiana
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
Kilcrease v. Shelby 23 Miss. 161 1851 0 Right of married woman to property after remarriage Mississippi
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 Contracts United States
Campbell v. Holt 115 U.S. 620 1885 0 Wills & Estates United States
Ross's Executors v. Holtzman 3 D.C. 391 1828 0 Replevin United States
Brown v. Constant Gray 51 N.C. 103 1858 0 Property interests North Carolina
Slack v. Slack 26 Miss. 287 1853 0 Gift of enslaved person provided in will Mississippi
Davis v. Marcum 57 N.C. 189 1858 0 Suit in equity North Carolina