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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rousseau v. His Creditors 8 Mart. (n.s.) 384 1829 0 Mortgages, debts, privileges, promissory notes, syndic Louisiana
Pijeau v. Beard 8 Mart. (n.s.) 401 1829 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, community property, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Dismukes v. Musgrove 8 Mart. (n.s.) 375 1829 0 Res judicata, trusts, property, unavailable witness, sales, successions, conflict of laws Louisiana
Burch v. Scott 1 G. & J. 393 1829 0 Maryland
Pilie v. Lalande 7 Mart. (n.s.) 648 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Xenes v. Taquino 7 Mart. (n.s.) 678 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, fraud Louisiana
Dreux v. His Creditors 7 Mart. (n.s.) 635 1829 0 Successions, syndic, debts, privileges, property, mortgages Louisiana
Field v. Eaton 16 N.C. 283 1829 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Turner v. Egerton 1 G. & J. 434 1829 0 Maryland
Williams v. Kimball 8 Mart. (n.s.) 351 1829 0 Service, property, in personam, domicil Louisiana
Wells v. Shipp 1 Miss. 353 1829 0 Detinue to recover slaves Mississippi
M'Kinney's Executors v. M'Kinney's Administrators 2 Stew. 17 1829 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Wells v. Wells 8 Mart. (n.s.) 307 1829 0 Damages, possessory action, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Poindexter v. McCannon 16 N.C. 373 1830 0 Sales North Carolina
Reeves v. Reeves 16 N.C. 386 1830 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Doe ex dem. Hoyle v. Stowe 13 N.C. 318 1830 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Peterson v. Williamson 13 N.C. 326 1830 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dawson v. Dawson 16 N.C. 396 1830 0 Contracts North Carolina
Choat v. Wright 13 N.C. 289 1830 0 Action of trover North Carolina