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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hannahan v. Nichols 17 Ga. 77 1855 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Harrison & Robinson v. Johnston 27 Ala. 445 1855 0 Action regarding note of sale Alabama
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Berret v. Adams 10 La. Ann. 77 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory note Louisiana
Parker v. Portis 14 Tex. 166 1855 0 Administrator of property dispute Texas
Howze v. Howze 14 Tex. 232 1855 0 Will & trust Texas
Fitts v. Fitts 14 Tex. 443 1855 0 Decree of divorce property dispute Texas
Snelling v. Darrell 17 Ga. 141 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
West v. Williams 15 Ark. 682 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Blackmore v. Blackmore 35 Tenn. 365 1855 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Barry v. Kimball 10 La. Ann. 787 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Richard v. Ouviere 10 La. Ann. 723 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation, Trusts, successions Louisiana
Cormier v. Ryan 10 La. Ann. 688 1855 0 Marital property, sales Louisiana
Semere v. Semere 10 La. Ann. 704 1855 0 Sales, wills, simulated sale, emancipation Louisiana
Overton v. Simon 10 La. Ann. 685 1855 0 Obligations, contracts, breach of contract, negligence Louisiana
Mouton v. Beauchamp 10 La. Ann. 666 1855 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, successions, sales, fraud Louisiana
Succession of Thibodaux 10 La. Ann. 653 1855 0 Successions, sale of enslaved person, property Louisiana