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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Meacham v. Williams 9 Ala. 842 1846 0 Possession of Enslaved Person in Gift Alabama
Young v. Young 25 Miss. 38 1852 0 Possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Gleaton v. Gleaton 37 Ga. 650 1868 0 Possession and title of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Commonwealth v. Vance 15 Serg. & Rawle 36 1826 0 Possesion of slave must be registered SC of PA.
Harder v. Archer 28 Miss. 212 1854 0 Posession of enslaved persons in estate. Mississippi
Erwin v. Lowry 2 La. Ann. 314 1847 0 Pormissory notes, property, mortgages, prescription, seizure, sales, successions Louisiana
Stewart v. City of New Orleans 9 La. Ann. 461 1854 0 Police brutality, property, murder of enslaved person, municipal liability Louisiana
Fort v. Union Bank of Louisiana 11 La. Ann. 708 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Bermudez ex rel. Wright v. Union Bank 11 La. Ann. 64 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, mortgages, property, judicial sales Louisiana
Grumbles v. Grumbles 17 Tex. 472 1856 0 Plea of limitation Texas
State v. Alford 22 Ark. 386 1860 0 Pleading requirement for enslaved person status in criminal case Arkansas
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Plaintiff suing defendant for value of slave Texas
Alford's Adm'rs v. Cochrane 7 Tex. 485 1852 0 Plaintiff sues for hire of slave Texas
State v. Barden 12 N.C. 518 1828 0 Petty larceny North Carolina
Meunier v. Couet 2 Mart. (o.s.) 56 1811 0 Petitory action, witness testimony Louisiana
Day v. Thibodeau 5 Mart. (n.s.) 48 1826 0 Petitory action, wills, successions, property Louisiana
Hinson v. Hinson 10 La. Ann. 580 1855 0 Petitory action, wills, creditors rights, promissory notes Louisiana
Mishon v. Bein 7 La. 146 1844 0 Petitory action, usufruct, successions Louisiana
Jordan v. Black 1 Rob. 575 1842 0 Petitory action, title, successions, trusts, emamcipation, sequestration, conflict of laws Louisiana
Calmes v. Stone 7 La. Ann. 133 1852 0 Petitory action, successions, wills, sales Louisiana