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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Union Bank v. Heirs & Terretenants of Powell 3 Fla. 175 1850 0 Forced Sale of Slaves and Land Supreme Court of FL
Molaison v. Hébert 12 La. Ann. 232 1857 0 Forced heirs, testaments, manumission Louisiana
Hoover v. Sellers 5 La. 180 1850 0 Forced heirs, successions, property, sales Louisiana
Rhodes v. Union Bank 7 La. 63 1844 0 Forced heirs, successions, property, mortgages Louisiana
Heirs of Cole v. Cole's Executors 7 Mart. (n.s.) 414 1829 0 Forced heirs, successions, promissory notes, evidence, capacity, wills, donations, emancipation Louisiana
Montgomery v. Chaney 13 La. Ann. 207 1858 0 Forced heirs, sales, simulated contract, undue influence Louisiana
Hollomon v. Hollomon 12 La. Ann. 607 1857 0 Forced heirs, property, partition Louisiana
Garnett v. Kirkman 33 Miss. 389 1857 0 Forbearance on contract Mississippi
United States v. Mullany 1 D.C. 517 1808 0 Fitness of witness United States
United States v. Beddo 4 D.C. 664 1835 0 Fitness of witness United States
Souther v. Commonwealth 7 Gratt. 673 1851 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Grayson v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 712 1849 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Carver 26 Va. 660 1827 0 First-degree murder General Ct of VA
Jacoway v. Denton 25 Ark. 625 1869 0 Finding Arkansas constitutional provision that invalidates contract for sale of enslaved persons unconstitutional Arkansas
Beasley v. Watson 41 Ala. 234 1867 0 Final settlment of guardian's accounts Alabama
Kirksey v. Kirksey 41 Ala. 626 1868 0 Final settlment of adminstrator's account of estate Alabama
Bates v. Vary 40 Ala. 421 1867 0 Final settlment dispute Alabama
Hughes v. Mitchell 19 Ala. 268 1851 0 Final Settlement of Guardianship Alabama
Dean v. Rathbone's Adm'r 15 Ala. 328 1849 0 Final Settlement of Estate Alabama
Billingslea v. Glenn 45 Ala. 540 1871 0 Final Settlement of Estate Alabama