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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Parker v. Woodside 29 N.C. 296 1847 1 North Carolina
Succession of Harkins 2 La. Ann. 923 1847 0 Mortgages, privileges, successions, promissory notes, property, sales, prescription, debts, pledges Louisiana
Sheppard v. Melloy 12 Ala. 561 1847 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Crawford v. Jones 2 La. Ann. 826 1847 0 Mortgages, sequestration, property, witness testimony Louisiana
Nugent v. Hickey 2 La. Ann. 358 1847 1 Louisiana
Course v. Forshey 2 La. Ann. 402 1847 0 Tutorship, successions, property Louisiana
State v. Gilbert 2 La. Ann. 244 1847 0 Criminal law, rape, confessions, res judicata, statutory interpretation, capital punishment, witness testimony Louisiana
Arsene v. Pigneguy 2 La. Ann. 620 1847 0 Freedom suit, domicile, conflict of laws Louisiana
Dupuy v. Hunt 2 La. Ann. 562 1847 0 Successions, damages, service, domicile, conflict of laws, sales Louisiana
Copley v. Moody 2 La. Ann. 487 1847 0 Sales, property, title, seizure, mortgages, litigious rights Louisiana
Bonin v. Durand 2 La. Ann. 776 1847 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, property, prescription, peremption Louisiana
New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Webb 2 La. Ann. 526 1847 0 Successions, adminstrators, mortgages, property, privileges Louisiana
Hooe v. Harrison 11 Ala. 499 1847 0 Gifting of Enslaved Personsin Marriage Alabama
Barrow v. Bank of Louisiana 2 La. Ann. 453 1847 0 Mortgages, property, sales, subrogation, seizure Louisiana
Freeman v. Stacy 2 La. Ann. 615 1847 0 Title, leases, sales, litigious rights, property, fieri facias Louisiana
McCartney v. Calhoun 11 Ala. 110 1847 0 Debate over Title of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Robinett v. Compton 2 La. Ann. 846 1847 0 Community property, successions, sales, damages, title, good faith possessors, mortgages, warranty Louisiana
Taylor v. Paullin 11 Ala. 512 1847 0 Action for recovery of clothing for enslaved persons Alabama
State v. Pridgen 30 N.C. 84 1847 1 North Carolina
State v. Dubord 2 La. Ann. 732 1847 0 Larceny, damages, property, criminal law, jury selection, statutory interpretation Louisiana