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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clayton v. Thompson 13 Ga. 206 1853 0 Trover Action Suprem Court of Georgia
Hollingshed v. Alston 13 Ga. 277 1853 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
McMillan v. McCoy 13 Ga. 320 1853 0 Eviction of a tenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Laughlin v. Greene 13 Ga. 359 1853 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Warner v. Robertson 13 Ga. 370 1853 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Wallace v. Duncan 13 Ga. 41 1853 0 Equity action for claim of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Partnerships, property, dissolution, partition Louisiana
Hiriart v. Roses 13 La. 126 1839 0 Sales, fraud, simulation, property, debts, obligations Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Parol evidence, sales, property, leases, seizure, damages, eviction, mortgages Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Property, sales, removal, fraud, mortgages, damages Louisiana
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Community property, property, sales, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Nor v. Taylor 13 La. 249 1839 0 Property, sales, contracts, breach, wills, mortgages, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Baptiste, F. W. C. v. Soulie, F. W. C. 13 La. 268 1839 0 Sales, recission, damages, redhibition, promissory notes, prescription, evidence Louisiana