Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Brown 37 N.C. 309 1842 1 North Carolina
Dorsey v. Merritt 7 Miss. 390 1842 1 Mississippi
Van Wyck v. Pine & Pine 2 Hill & Den. 666 1842 1 New York
Falls v. McAfee 24 N.C. 236 1842 1 North Carolina
Stephens v. Doak 37 N.C. 348 1842 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Canaday v. Nuttall 37 N.C. 265 1842 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Adams v. Hayes 24 N.C. 361 1842 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Massey v. Holland 25 N.C. 197 1842 1 North Carolina
Moore's Administrator v. Barrow's Executor 24 N.C. 436 1842 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Middleton v. Thompson 28 S.C.L. 67 1842 1 South Carolina
President, Directors of Middlesex Bank v. Minot 45 Mass. 325 1842 1 Massachusetts
State ex rel. Ellen v. Arrington 25 N.C. 99 1842 1 North Carolina
Price v. Sharp 24 N.C. 417 1842 1 North Carolina
Overseers of Poor of Perth Amboy v. Overseers of Poor of Piscataway 19 N.J.L. 173 1842 Recovery for support of pauper New Jersey
Cullum v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 4 Ala. 21 1842 1 Alabama
Chandler v. Woodward 3 Del. 428 1842 1 Delaware
Dezell v. Odell 3 Hill & Den. 215 1842 1 New York
United States v. Murphy 41 U.S. 203 1842 1 United States
Florance v. Orleans Navigation Co. 1 Rob. 224 1842 1 Louisiana
Brewster v. McCall's devisees 15 Conn. 274 1842 1 Connecticut