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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Gautt v. Gautt 12 La. Ann. 673 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, consideration, prescription Louisiana
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hayes v. Clarke 12 La. Ann. 666 1856 0 Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Louis v. Richard 12 La. Ann. 684 1856 0 Sales, usufruct, property Louisiana
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Sale of enslaved person, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Tutorship, property, fraud Louisiana
Beatty v. Dufief 11 La. Ann. 74 1856 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
State v. Martinez 11 La. Ann. 23 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
State v. Wedemeyer 11 La. Ann. 49 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
Hubnall v. Watt 11 La. Ann. 57 1856 0 Prescription, sales, property Louisiana
Peyton v. Richards 11 La. Ann. 62 1856 0 Death of enslaved person, negligence, employment law Louisiana
Webb v. Deeson 11 La. Ann. 84 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Hewitt v. Stewart's Executor 11 La. Ann. 100 1856 0 Mortgages, hypothecary action, sales Louisiana
Hunter v. General Mutual Insurance 11 La. Ann. 139 1856 0 Warranty, death of enslaved person, insurance policy Louisiana
McCall v. Henderson 11 La. Ann. 209 1856 0 Recission, sales, debts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Griffith v. Frellsen 11 La. Ann. 163 1856 0 Property, simulation, sales Louisiana
Ashford v. Tibbitts 11 La. Ann. 167 1856 0 Mortgages, property, sales, marital property Louisiana
Lucas v. D'Armond 11 La. Ann. 168 1856 0 Creditor's rights, property, successions, simulated sale Louisiana