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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Oates v. Caffin 3 La. Ann. 339 1848 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, runaway enslaved person, conflict of laws Louisiana
Waters v. Grayson 3 La. Ann. 595 1848 0 Successions, property, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
McDowell v. Read 3 La. Ann. 391 1848 0 Fieri facias, garnishments, property, conflict of laws, trusts, fraud, deeds Louisiana
State v. Post 21 N.J.L. 699 1848 Recovery of body New Jersey
Coiron v. Millaudon 3 La. Ann. 664 1848 0 Property, sales, successions, property, privileges, mandates, mortgages, fraud Louisiana
Petrie v. Wofford 3 La. Ann. 562 1848 0 Successions, community property, renunciation, partition, sales, contracts Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Briscoe 3 La. Ann. 157 1848 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, bonds, property, contracts, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Richardson v. Wells 3 Tex. 223 1848 0 Will & trust Texas
Butler v. Hicks 19 Miss. 78 1848 0 Purchaser of slaves dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Davis 30 N.C. 508 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina
McClenny v. Floyd 3 Tex. 114 1848 0 Action to recovery slaves Texas
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
State v. Ritchie 3 La. Ann. 511 1848 0 Conversion, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Fuselier v. Lacour 3 La. Ann. 162 1848 0 Property, legacies, debts, successions, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Heath v. Newman 19 Miss. 201 1848 1 Mississippi
Duncan v. Armant 3 La. Ann. 84 1848 0 Damages, successions, sales, property, negligence Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Putnam v. Davidson 3 La. Ann. 266 1848 0 Sales, successions, property, warranty of eviction Louisiana
Britt v. Patterson 31 N.C. 197 1848 1 North Carolina
State v. John 30 N.C. 330 1848 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina