Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. McMicken 3 La. Ann. 319 1848 1 Louisiana
Wilks's Adm'r v. Greer 14 Ala. 437 1848 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Turnipseed v. McMath 13 Ala. 44 1848 0 Trover Alabama
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, fraud, damages, parol evidence, paternships, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Creagh v. Savage 14 Ala. 454 1848 0 Levy upon enslaved persons Alabama
Petrie v. Wofford 3 La. Ann. 562 1848 0 Successions, community property, renunciation, partition, sales, contracts Louisiana
Bibb v. Hebert 3 La. Ann. 132 1848 0 Damages, murder, larceny, property Louisiana
Russell v. Irby 13 Ala. 131 1848 0 Recovery for wages Alabama
Hill v. Ward 13 Ala. 310 1848 0 Maliciously Forbidding Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Carpenter v. Utz 45 Va. 270 1848 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Gressett v. Agee 14 Ala. 354 1848 0 Dispute over Ownership on Enslaved Persons Alabama
Mayor of Memphis v. Winfield 27 Tenn. 707 1848 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Cotten 2 Fla. 136 1848 0 Effectiveness and Recovery for a Security Note Supreme Court of FL
Leggo v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 3 La. Ann. 138 1848 0 Mortgages, wills, usufruct, deeds Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Robb v. Halsey 19 Miss. 140 1848 1 Mississippi
Dubose v. Young 14 Ala. 139 1848 0 Action in detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Thompson v. Kelso 3 La. Ann. 577 1848 0 Promissory notes, discussion, property, obligations, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Governor v. Gibson 14 Ala. 326 1848 0 Debt on Bond Alabama
Lashlee v. Wily 27 Tenn. 659 1848 0 Tennessee