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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scudder v. Woodbridge 1 Ga. 195 1846 0 Recovery of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Broome v. King 10 Ala. 819 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Boon v. State 1 Ga. 631 1846 0 indictment for murder Georgia
Lacoste v. Sellick 1 La. Ann. 336 1846 0 Torts, negligence, obligations, property, partnerships, contracts Louisiana
Copley v. Lambeth 1 La. Ann. 316 1846 0 Sales, bonds, suretyship, litigious rights Louisiana
Spurlock v. Mainer 1 La. Ann. 301 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, hypothecary action, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Michel v. Dolliole 1 La. Ann. 459 1846 0 Emancipation, successions, sales, property, delivery Louisiana
Carradine v. Collins 15 Miss. 428 1846 0 Gift of property dispute Mississippi
Wade v. American Colonization Society 15 Miss. 663 1846 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Handy v. Sterling 1 La. Ann. 308 1846 0 Community property, successions, sales, mortgages, privileges, debts Louisiana
Copley v. Ross 1 La. Ann. 310 1846 0 Seizure, property, damages, slander, sales Louisiana
Beaumon v. Thomas 1 La. Ann. 284 1846 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, privileges, sequestration, pledges, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Lee v. Lee 1 La. Ann. 318 1846 0 Sales, conflict of laws, intervenor, witness testimony, interrogatories, property Louisiana
Gayle v. Elliott 10 Ala. 264 1846 0 Adminstrator of estate dispute Alabama
Bissell v. Lindsay 9 Ala. 162 1846 0 Action against marshall for wrongful recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Miller v. Andrus 1 La. Ann. 237 1846 0 Successions, donation inter vivos, property, obligations Louisiana
Treadwell v. Rainey 9 Ala. 590 1846 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Petrie’s Executors v. Wright 14 Miss. 647 1846 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Hearne's Adm'x v. Harbison 9 Ala. 731 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Stell v. Glass 1 Ga. 475 1846 0 Recover the trust Supreme Court of Georgia