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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scott's Executor v. Auld 3 D.C. 647 1829 0 Detinue /parol evidence United States
Clarkson's Adm'r v. Garland 28 Va. 147 1829 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
King v. Cooper 1 Miss. 359 1829 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Townsend v. Odam 1 Miss. 356 1829 0 Recovery for possession of slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Shipp 1 Miss. 353 1829 0 Detinue to recover slaves Mississippi
Miller v. Doxey 1 Miss. 329 1829 0 Action of trover for slaves Mississippi
Herrington's Exr. v. Herrington 1 Miss. 322 1829 0 Probate dispute Mississippi
Ambler v. D. Warwick & Co. 28 Va. 195 1829 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Haleys v. Williams 28 Va. 140 1829 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Edwards v. Van Bibber 28 Va. 183 1829 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
M'Kinney's Executors v. M'Kinney's Administrators 2 Stew. 17 1829 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Crow v. Crow 28 Va. 74 1829 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Jiggetts v. Davis 28 Va. 368 1829 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Griffith v. Thomson 28 Va. 321 1829 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Miles v. Oden 8 Mart. (n.s.) 214 1829 0 Property, conflict of laws, mortgages, seizure, fraud, sales, redhibition, promissory notes, privileges, recission Louisiana
Dreux v. His Creditors 7 Mart. (n.s.) 635 1829 0 Successions, syndic, debts, privileges, property, mortgages Louisiana
Gosselin v. Gosselin 7 Mart. (n.s.) 469 1829 0 Successions, property, partition Louisiana
Pijeau v. Beard 8 Mart. (n.s.) 401 1829 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, community property, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Rousseau v. His Creditors 8 Mart. (n.s.) 384 1829 0 Mortgages, debts, privileges, promissory notes, syndic Louisiana
Dismukes v. Musgrove 8 Mart. (n.s.) 375 1829 0 Res judicata, trusts, property, unavailable witness, sales, successions, conflict of laws Louisiana