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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Innis v. Ware 1 Mart. (n.s.) 643 1823 0 Wages, reconventional demand, leases, newly discovered evidence Louisiana
M'Neely v. M'Neely 1 Mart. (n.s.) 646 1823 0 Petitory action, donations, parol evidence, contracts Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 1 Mart. (n.s.) 648 1823 0 Promissory notes, witness testimony, evidence Louisiana
Mitchel v. Jewell 1 Mart. (n.s.) 87 1823 0 Damages, fraud, community property, res judicata, prescription, redhibition Louisiana
Dewees v. Morgan 1 Mart. (o.s.) 1 1809 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony, warranty Louisiana
Dormenon's Case 1 Mart. (o.s.) 129 1810 0 Mutiny, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Mitchell v. Comyns 1 Mart. (o.s.) 133 1810 0 Runaway enslaved person, sequestration, agency, sales, abatement, venue, contracts, property Louisiana
Macarty v. Bagnieres 1 Mart. (o.s.) 149 1810 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Newcombe v. Skipwith 1 Mart. (o.s.) 151 1810 0 Property, debts, attachment, treaties, territorial boundaries Louisiana
Adelle v. Beauregard 1 Mart. (o.s.) 183 1810 0 Freedom suit, fraud, evidence, wages Louisiana
Daublin v. Mayor of New-Orleans 1 Mart. (o.s.) 185 1810 0 Property, eviction, municipal liability, nuisance Louisiana
Orleans Navigation Co. v. Mayor of New-Orleans 1 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1811 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
Beauregard Ex'tor v. Piernas 1 Mart. (o.s.) 281 1811 0 Property, debts, sales, successions, suretyship, seizure, contracts, privileges Louisiana
Brown v. Fort 1 Mart. (o.s.) 34 1809 0 Promissory notes. libel, sales, consideration, evidence Louisiana
Debora v. Coffin 1 Mart. (o.s.) 40 1809 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, contracts, conflict of laws, privileges, debts Louisiana
Rawlings v. State 1 Md. 127 1851 0 Maryland
Young v. Williamson 1 Md. 145 1738 0 0 Maryland
Black v. Digges's Executors 1 Md. 153 1744 0 Maryland
Scott v. Dobson 1 Md. 160 1749 0 Maryland
Soaper v. Tom 1 Md. 227 1765 0 Maryland