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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Duplessis 10 Rob. 193 1845 0 Successions, property, emancipation, wills, partition, sales Louisiana
Miller v. Belmonti 11 Rob. 339 1845 0 Freedom suit, sales, evidence, conflict of laws Louisiana
Duplantier v. Newcomb 10 Rob. 103 1845 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Perry v. Commissioners for the Liquidation of the Clinton & Port Hudson Rail Road 11 Rob. 404 1845 0 Liquidation, mortgages, privileges, separation of powers, property, pledges Louisiana
Lockett v. Merchants Insurance 10 Rob. 339 1845 0 Insurance policy, proceeds, liability Louisiana
Perry v. Commissioners for the Liquidation of the Clinton & Port Hudson Rail Road 11 Rob. 412 1845 0 Separation of powers, forfeiture, liquidation, property, sales, bonds Louisiana
Ashcraft v. Little 39 N.C. 236 1846 0 Gift North Carolina
Moore v. Banner 39 N.C. 293 1846 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Washburn v. Washburn 39 N.C. 306 1846 0 Contracts North Carolina
Wellborn v. Carr 1 Tex. 463 1846 0 Title to slaves dispute Texas
Secrest v. Townsend 1 Tex. 414 1846 0 Recovery of value of slave Texas
Baudoin v. Nicolas 12 La. 594 1846 0 Privileges, property, seizure, sales, witness testimony Louisiana
Richardson v. Johnson 1 La. Ann. 389 1846 0 Contracts, warranty, redhibition, quanti minoris, damages, recission Louisiana
Michel v. Dolliole 1 La. Ann. 459 1846 0 Emancipation, successions, sales, property, delivery Louisiana
Rideau v. Bornet 1 La. Ann. 408 1846 0 Sales, damages, petitory action, fieri facias, sequestration Louisiana
Weld v. Peters 1 La. Ann. 432 1846 0 Seizure, property, debts, sales, bonds, partnerships Louisiana
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Murdock v. Hughes 15 Miss. 219 1846 0 Purchase of slave dispute Mississippi
Whitley v. Daniels 28 N.C. 480 1846 0 Indictment for trading with a slave North Carolina
Riley v. Wilcox 12 La. 648 1846 0 Agency, property, sales, contracts, partition, employment, witness testimony, breach Louisiana