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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of McCalop 10 La. Ann. 224 1855 0 Estates, wills, seizure, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Callard v. Matthews 10 La. Ann. 233 1855 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, substitution Louisiana
Morancy v. Police Jury of Madison 10 La. Ann. 222 1855 0 Employment law, prescription, debts Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 10 La. Ann. 218 1855 0 Marital property, conflict of laws, successions Louisiana
Wallis v. Robertson 10 La. Ann. 215 1855 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, estates Louisiana
Hewson v. Creswell 10 La. Ann. 232 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, properly named defendants Louisiana
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Graves v. Graves 10 La. Ann. 212 1855 0 Wills, successions, donations Louisiana
Gentile v. Plasencia 10 La. Ann. 203 1855 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity Louisiana
Shaw v. Reneau 10 La. Ann. 190 1855 0 Wills, marital property, estates, successions Louisiana
White v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 189 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Virginia v. Himel 10 La. Ann. 185 1855 0 Emancipation, privileges, mortgages, Louisiana
Kemp v. Hutchinson 10 La. Ann. 494 1855 0 Redhibition, reconventional demand, sales Louisiana
Rawles v. State 15 Tex. 581 1855 0 Indictment of allowing slave to commit illegal acts Texas
Roussel v. Phipps 10 La. Ann. 119 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, probate Louisiana
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
Carter v. Cantrell 16 Ark. 154 1855 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Arkansas
Henderson v. Trousdale 10 La. Ann. 548 1855 0 Marital property Louisiana
Hammond v. Stovall 17 Ga. 491 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Union Bank v. Succession of Wilson 10 La. Ann. 601 1855 0 Mortgages, loans, creditor's rights, property Louisiana