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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Fessenden v. Jones 52 N.C. 14 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Harrison v. Ward 58 N.C. 236 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hurdle v. Richardson 52 N.C. 16 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Jones v. Baird 52 N.C. 152 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jarman v. Ellis 52 N.C. 77 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
McDonald v. McDonald 58 N.C. 211 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Newkirk v. Hawes 58 N.C. 265 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Oldham v. Oldham 58 N.C. 89 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Branch v. Branch 58 N.C. 268 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Freshwater v. Baker 52 N.C. 255 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Poston v. Gillespie 58 N.C. 258 1859 0 Bill for injunction to set aside deeds North Carolina
Harrell v. Davenport 58 N.C. 4 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Feimster v. Tucker 58 N.C. 69 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Meadows v. Moore 58 N.C. 54 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jones v. Hall 58 N.C. 26 1859 0 Gifts North Carolina
Murphy v. Harrison 65 N.C. 246 1871 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Duckett v. Pettee 50 N.C. App. 119 1980 1 North Carolina
Swain v. Spruill 57 N.C. 364 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State ex rel. Harrell v. Lee 51 N.C. 280 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina