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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Smyth v. Oliver 31 Ala. 39 1857 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Nuckolls v. Pinkston 38 Ala. 615 1863 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Strong v. Gregory 19 Ala. 146 1851 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Lockwood v. Nelson 16 Ala. 294 1849 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Warren v. Dickerson 3 Tex. 460 1848 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Berry v. Bland 15 Miss. 77 1846 0 Marital property dispute Mississippi
Milburn v. Walker 11 Tex. 329 1854 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Love v. Robertson 7 Tex. 6 1851 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Edrington v. Mayfield 5 Tex. 363 1849 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Lawson v. Barre 6 Tex. 217 1851 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Nash v. George 6 Tex. 234 1851 0 Marital property dispute Texas
De Young v. De Young 9 La. Ann. 545 1854 0 Marital property, debts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Hill v. Tippett 10 La. Ann. 554 1855 0 Marital property, debts, insolvency Louisiana
Very v. Very 9 La. Ann. 283 1854 0 Marital property, debts, bankruptcy Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fourth District Court of New Orleans 11 La. Ann. 696 1856 0 Marital property, creditor's rights Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 10 La. Ann. 218 1855 0 Marital property, conflict of laws, successions Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
Henderson v. Trousdale 10 La. Ann. 548 1855 0 Marital property Louisiana
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 Manumission/witnesses United States
Matilda v. Autrey 10 La. Ann. 555 1855 0 Manumission, prescription Louisiana