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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Smyth v. Oliver 31 Ala. 39 1857 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
McCay v. Chambliss 12 La. Ann. 412 1857 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Loubière v. LeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 210 1857 0 Heirs, promissory notes, debts, property, successions Louisiana
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
May v. May 7 Fla. 207 1857 0 Dispute Over a Life Estate Supreme Court of FL
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Will & trust Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Testaments, manumission, res judicata Louisiana
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Johnson v. Miller 33 Miss. 553 1857 0 Construction of portion of proceeds from will Mississippi
Reed v. Scott 30 Ala. 640 1857 0 Promissory note dispute Alabama
Norris v. State 33 Miss. 373 1857 0 Criminal charge for larceny of a slave Mississippi
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Billingslea v. Young 33 Miss. 95 1857 0 Issues in separate estate of the wife including slaves Mississippi
Mitchell v. Vickers 20 Tex. 377 1857 0 Testimony dispute Texas
Trammell v. Trammell 20 Tex. 406 1857 0 Will & trust Texas
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi
De Witt v. Monroe & Brother 20 Tex. 289 1857 0 Levy on slave Texas