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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dearing v. Windham 11 Ala. 204 1847 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Price v. Thomason 11 Ala. 875 1847 0 Purchase dispute Alabama
Fisher v. Gordy 2 La. Ann. 762 1847 0 Fieri facias, community property, seizure, sale, contracts, debts, privileges Louisiana
Grinder v. State 2 Tex. 339 1847 0 Action against owner of slave who allegedly committed murder Texas
Marshall v. Stephens 27 Tenn. 159 1847 0 Tennessee
Wills v. Spraggins 44 Va. 555 1847 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Gilbert v. Meriam 2 La. Ann. 160 1847 0 Tutorship, suretyship, prescription, dales, property, successions Louisiana
Morgan v. Republic of Texas 2 Tex. 279 1847 0 Replevsion for slave Texas
Succession of Ducloslance 2 La. Ann. 98 1847 1 Louisiana
Webb v. Union Bank 2 La. Ann. 585 1847 0 Mortgages, community property, obligations, capacity Louisiana
McComb v. Doe 16 Miss. 505 1847 1 Mississippi
Cavelier v. Moss 2 La. Ann. 584 1847 0 Title, prescription, sales, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, eviction Louisiana
Stanbrough v. Evans 2 La. Ann. 474 1847 0 Successions, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges, seizure, property, intervenor, obligations, hypothecary action Louisiana
Quine v. Quine 17 Miss. 155 1847 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Craighead v. Hynes 2 La. Ann. 150 1847 0 Successions, property Louisiana
Devall v. Boatner 2 La. Ann. 271 1847 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, property, res judicata Louisiana
Hynes v. Cobb 2 La. Ann. 363 1847 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, property, contracts Louisiana
Kenner v. Peck 2 La. Ann. 938 1847 1 Louisiana