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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McCaleb v. Price 12 Ala. 753 1848 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Thompson v. Kelso 3 La. Ann. 577 1848 0 Promissory notes, discussion, property, obligations, mortgages, debts Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Leggo v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 3 La. Ann. 138 1848 0 Mortgages, wills, usufruct, deeds Louisiana
Richardson v. Wells 3 Tex. 223 1848 0 Will & trust Texas
Bibb v. Hebert 3 La. Ann. 132 1848 0 Damages, murder, larceny, property Louisiana
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Davis v. Glenn 3 La. Ann. 444 1848 0 Contracts, damages, breach, default, obligations, payment in kind, property Louisiana
Branch Bank v. Broughton 15 Ala. 127 1848 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Oglesby v. Drake 3 La. Ann. 640 1848 0 Judicial seizure, fraud, sales, simulation, privileges Louisiana
Russell v. Irby 13 Ala. 131 1848 0 Recovery for wages Alabama
Cartwright v. McMillen 3 La. Ann. 685 1848 0 Freedom suit, suspensive appeal, suretyship, damages, property, obligations Louisiana
Foxworth v. Burckhalter 3 La. Ann. 365 1848 0 Sequestration, bonds, suretyship, judicial seizure, simulation, fraud Louisiana
McCurry v. Hooper 12 Ala. 823 1848 0 Recovery for enslaved persons Alabama
Bemiss v. Dwight 3 La. Ann. 337 1848 0 Sales, bonds, title, eviction, contracts Louisiana
Boner v. Mahle 3 La. Ann. 600 1848 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, property, parol evidence, witness testimony, promissory notes, contracts, liens Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 3 La. Ann. 280 1848 0 Parol evidence, property, debts, promissory notes, conflict of laws, consideration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Bisland v. Hewett 19 Miss. 164 1848 1 Mississippi
Robb v. Halsey 19 Miss. 140 1848 1 Mississippi