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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Succession of Croizet 12 La. Ann. 401 1857 0 Estates, accounts, debts Louisiana
Williams v. Talbot 12 La. Ann. 407 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person, damages Louisiana
McCay v. Chambliss 12 La. Ann. 412 1857 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Cornish v. Shelton 12 La. Ann. 415 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Reed v. Crocker 12 La. Ann. 436 1857 0 Wills, property, forced heirs Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Estate of McArthur 12 La. Ann. 47 1857 0 Tax assessments of enslaved persons Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Seventh Judicial District 12 La. Ann. 48 1857 0 Writ of mandamus, Seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Farwell v. Harris 12 La. Ann. 50 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Layton v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 515 1857 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Succession of Plunkett 12 La. Ann. 558 1857 0 Successions, debts, estates, partition, property Louisiana
Edwards v. Glasson 12 La. Ann. 586 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Alexander v. Alexander 12 La. Ann. 588 1857 0 Sales of enslaved persons, wills Louisiana
Succession of Wilson 12 La. Ann. 591 1857 0 Property, wills, fraudulent administration Louisiana
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Murder, excecution, retroactivity Louisiana