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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
The Mary Ann 16 F. Cas. 949 1848 0 Indictment of slave trader District Court, S.D. New York
Branch Bank at Montgomery v. Curry 13 Ala. 304 1848 1 Alabama
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Burk's Adm'r v. Jones 13 Ala. 167 1848 1 Alabama
Baldwin v. Leftwich 12 Ala. 838 1848 1 Alabama
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Succession of Fortier 3 La. Ann. 104 1848 0 Successions, community property, pecuniary interest Louisiana
Walsh v. Barrow 3 La. Ann. 265 1848 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand, witness testimony Louisiana
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Davis v. Janin 3 La. Ann. 712 1848 0 Sales, promissory notes, runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Succession of Fitzwilliams 3 La. Ann. 489 1848 0 Successions, community property, usufruct, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Oates v. Caffin 3 La. Ann. 339 1848 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, runaway enslaved person, conflict of laws Louisiana
Ricks v. Goodrich 3 La. Ann. 212 1848 0 Deeds, conflict of laws, property, sales, adverse title, obligations, contracts, mortgages, mandates Louisiana
Scott v. Bowles 3 La. Ann. 637 1848 0 Petitory action, successions, property Louisiana
Union Bank v. Smith 3 La. Ann. 147 1848 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, suretyship Louisiana
Consolidated Ass'n v. Comeau 3 La. Ann. 552 1848 0 Prescription, bonds, obligations, leases, mortgages, stocks, successions, intervenor, hypothecary action, preemption, sales, property Louisiana
Palmer v. Moore 3 La. Ann. 208 1848 0 Warranty, damages, bankruptcy, obligations Louisiana
Kellar v. Fink 3 La. Ann. 17 1848 0 Sales, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Davidson v. Matthews 3 La. Ann. 316 1848 0 Sales, partition, title, successions, mortgages Louisiana