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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Solibellas v. Consolidated Ass'n 11 La. Ann. 682 1856 0 Mortgages, property Louisiana
Parish v. Gates 29 Ala. 254 1856 0 Sale Declared as Mortgage Alabama
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 11 La. Ann. 541 1856 0 Wills, management of enslaved persons Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Farmers' Bank of Kentucky v. Stevens 11 La. Ann. 189 1856 0 Redhibition, corporations Louisiana
Nixon v. Bozeman 11 La. Ann. 750 1856 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved person, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Dunn v. Woodward 11 La. Ann. 265 1856 0 Sales, successions, mortgages Louisiana
State v. Adeline 11 La. Ann. 736 1856 0 Murder, execution, confessions Louisiana
Maranthe v. Hunter 11 La. Ann. 734 1856 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Reynolds v. Batson 11 La. Ann. 729 1856 0 Theft of enslaved persons, dispute over ownership of enslaved persons Louisiana
State v. Harrison 11 La. Ann. 722 1856 0 Murder, imprisonment, statutory interpretation Louisiana
McLellan v. Williams 11 La. Ann. 721 1856 0 Redhibition, sales, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Judson v. Hertz 11 La. Ann. 715 1856 0 Marital property, property, insolvency Louisiana
Fort v. Union Bank of Louisiana 11 La. Ann. 708 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Calvit v. Mulhollan 11 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Wills, property, inheritence Louisiana
Heirs of Bordelon v. Heirs of Baron 11 La. Ann. 676 1856 0 Successions, collateral heirs, property, wills, vices of confection Louisiana
Miltenberger v. Elam 11 La. Ann. 667 1856 0 Property, debts, successions, tutorship, sales Louisiana
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Delerno 11 La. Ann. 648 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, selling liquor to enslaved person, criminal law Louisiana
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin