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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Alexander v. Espy 25 Tenn. 157 1845 0 Tennessee
Brown's adm'rs v. Brown's adm'rs 25 Tenn. 127 1845 0 Tennessee
Morrow v. Hatfield 25 Tenn. 108 1845 0 Tennessee
Barnett v. Spratt's Adm'r 39 N.C. 171 1845 0 North Carolina
Walker v. McDowell 12 Miss. 118 1845 0 Mississippi
Chambers v. McDaniel 28 N.C. 226 1845 0 North Carolina
Read v. Bostick 25 Tenn. 321 1845 0 Tennessee
Horton v. Horton 39 N.C. 54 1845 0 North Carolina
Mebane v. Mebane 39 N.C. 131 1845 0 North Carolina
Thomas v. Gaines 42 Va. 347 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Robertson v. Sublett 25 Tenn. 313 1845 0 Tennessee
Patteson v. Ford 43 Va. 18 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bryan v. Martin 24 Tenn. 565 1845 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Corpenning 39 N.C. 216 1845 0 North Carolina
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 0 Tennessee
Denny v. Closse 39 N.C. 102 1845 0 North Carolina
Ratliff v. Huntly 27 N.C. 545 1845 0 North Carolina
Arnett v. Wanett 28 N.C. 41 1845 0 North Carolina
Justice v. Scott 39 N.C. 108 1845 0 North Carolina
Miles v. Allen 28 N.C. 88 1845 0 North Carolina