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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boyd v. Brown 2 La. Ann. 218 1847 1 Louisiana
Union Bank v. Morgan 2 La. Ann. 418 1847 1 Louisiana
Magee v. Cowperthwaite 10 Ala. 966 1847 1 Alabama
Ballinger v. Edwards 39 N.C. 449 1847 1 North Carolina
Leak v. Isaacson 15 F. Cas. 102 1847 1 United States
Thompson v. Thompson 33 S.C.L. 48 1847 1 South Carolina
Vickery v. Ward 2 Tex. 212 1847 0 Debt dispute Texas
Clapp v. Walters 2 Tex. 130 1847 0 Action to recover slave Texas
Moore v. Moberly 46 Ky. 299 1847 1 Kentucky
Harrison v. Bradley 40 N.C. 136 1847 0 Estates North Carolina
Amis v. Amis 40 N.C. 12 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Brady v. Parker 39 N.C. 430 1847 0 Contracts North Carolina
Weatherly v. Armfield 30 N.C. 25 1847 1 North Carolina
De Witt v. Bigelow & Co. 11 Ala. 480 1847 1 Alabama
Rives, Battle & Co. v. Odeneal 16 Miss. 691 1847 1 Mississippi
McPhaul's Heirs v. Gilchrist 29 N.C. 169 1847 1 North Carolina
Young v. Gibson 2 Tex. 417 1847 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Scott v. Rusk 2 La. Ann. 266 1847 0 Obligations, community property, promissory notes, sales, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Proskey v. West 16 Miss. 711 1847 1 Mississippi
Hoy v. Taliaferro 16 Miss. 727 1847 0 Will & trust Mississippi