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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris v. Philpot 40 N.C. 324 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Lewis 3 La. Ann. 398 1848 0 Criminal law, muder, habeas corpus, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Griffin v. Carter 40 N.C. 413 1848 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Spruill v. Moore 40 N.C. 284 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Davis v. Janin 3 La. Ann. 712 1848 0 Sales, promissory notes, runaway enslaved person, redhibition 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
Davidson v. Matthews 3 La. Ann. 316 1848 0 Sales, partition, title, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Coby v. Kock 3 La. Ann. 439 1848 0 Sales, emancipation, sequestration, emancipation 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
Crouch v. Lockett 3 La. Ann. 121 1848 0 Mortgages, privileges, sales, subrogation, domicile, recordation, property Louisiana
Orr v. Thomas 3 La. Ann. 582 1848 0 Successions, privileges, intervenors, community property, mortgages, debts sales, insolvency Louisiana
Davis v. Glenn 3 La. Ann. 444 1848 0 Contracts, damages, breach, default, obligations, payment in kind, property Louisiana
Hill v. Bowden 3 La. Ann. 258 1848 0 Service, petitory action, intervenor, property, eviction, bad faith possessors Louisiana
Waters v. Grayson 3 La. Ann. 595 1848 0 Successions, property, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
State v. Post 21 N.J.L. 699 1848 Recovery of body New Jersey
Drew v. Chambliss 3 La. Ann. 246 1848 0 Judicial seizure, sales, property, contracts Louisiana
Peterson v. Burn 3 La. Ann. 655 1848 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, damages, quantis minoris Louisiana
Moore v. Hampton 3 La. Ann. 192 1848 0 Petitory action, legacies, sales, prescription, property, mortgages, partition, partnerships, parol evidence Louisiana
State v. John 30 N.C. 330 1848 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina