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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Spear v. Walkley 10 Ala. 328 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Napier v. Cook 9 Ala. 838 1846 0 Detinue for property Alabama
Rivers v. Dubose 10 Ala. 475 1846 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Richardson v. Johnson 1 La. Ann. 389 1846 0 Contracts, warranty, redhibition, quanti minoris, damages, recission Louisiana
Erwin v. Lowry 1 La. Ann. 276 1846 0 Successions, administrators, mortgages, promissory notes, property, sales, intervenor, jurisdiction Louisiana
Josephine v. Poultney 1 La. Ann. 329 1846 0 Conflict of laws, freedom suit Louisiana
McGinnis v. McGinnis 1 Ga. 496 1846 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Rideau v. Bornet 1 La. Ann. 408 1846 0 Sales, damages, petitory action, fieri facias, sequestration Louisiana
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Copley v. Lambeth 1 La. Ann. 316 1846 0 Sales, bonds, suretyship, litigious rights Louisiana
Handy v. Sterling 1 La. Ann. 308 1846 0 Community property, successions, sales, mortgages, privileges, debts Louisiana
Caperton v. Huddleston 26 Tenn. 452 1846 0 Tennessee
Duncan v. State 26 Tenn. 148 1846 0 Tennessee
Catterlin v. Hardy 10 Ala. 511 1846 0 Action to remove enslaved persons Alabama
Hundley v. Buckner ex rel. Marshall 14 Miss. 70 1846 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Spurlock v. Mainer 1 La. Ann. 301 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, hypothecary action, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Lacoste v. Sellick 1 La. Ann. 336 1846 0 Torts, negligence, obligations, property, partnerships, contracts Louisiana
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee
Blakey v. Heirs of Blakey 9 Ala. 391 1846 0 Dipsute over Will Alabama
Wade v. American Colonization Society 15 Miss. 663 1846 0 Will & trust Mississippi