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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Donavan v. Mooney 5 La. 57 1833 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Wyatt v. Greer 4 Stew. & P. 318 1833 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hebert v. Joly 5 La. 50 1833 0 Injunctions, sales, subrogation, mortgages, res judicata, suretyship, fraud, damages Louisiana
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Breach of contract SC of Judicature of New York
Paup's Adm'r v. Mingo 31 Va. 163 1833 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Adams v. Ryder 5 La. 261 1833 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, damages Louisiana
Richards v. Vanner 4 Stew. & P. 64 1833 0 Dispute over Covenant Alabama
Cooney's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 156 1834 0 Successions, partition, petitory action, sales, warranty, damages, seizure, mortgages, debts, property Louisiana
Caldwell v. Wallace 5 Stew. & P. 312 1834 0 Trespass Alabama
Mary v. Morris 7 La. 135 1834 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, damages, sequestration, conflict of laws, successions, property, manumission Louisiana
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Revendication, successions, sales, property Louisiana
Hewet & Co. v. Wilson 7 La. 71 1834 0 Theft, liability, damages Louisiana
Downey v. Smith 17 N.C. 535 1834 0 Gifts North Carolina
Small v. Flint 7 La. 352 1834 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Everett v. M'Kinney 7 La. 375 1834 0 Successions, property, sales, peremptory exemption Louisiana
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 Freedom Petition United States
Liles v. Rhodes 7 La. 87 1834 0 Property, sales, seizure, damages, fieri facias, privileges, debts Louisiana
Robin v. Castille 7 La. 292 1834 0 Successions, property, mortgages, community property, debts, renunciation Louisiana
Patin v. Prejean 7 La. 301 1834 0 Successions, property, sales, seizure, sales, mortgages, community property, debts, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Andrus v. Chretien 7 La. 318 1834 0 Debts, suretyship, contracts, sales, seizure, successions, prescription, mortgages Louisiana