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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pope v. Anderson 13 La. Ann. 538 1858 0 Property, usufruct Louisiana
Wright v. Railey 13 La. Ann. 536 1858 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
State v. Thompson 13 La. Ann. 515 1858 0 Theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Walker v. Sanchez 13 La. Ann. 505 1858 0 Curatorship, damages, seizure, sales Louisiana
Summers v. United States Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co. 13 La. Ann. 504 1858 0 Life insurance policy Louisiana
Turner v. Healy 13 La. Ann. 498 1858 0 Slander, title of an enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Henderson 13 La. Ann. 489 1858 0 Capital punishment, stabbing by enslaved person Louisiana
State v. O'Conner 13 La. Ann. 486 1858 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to an enslaved person Louisiana
Mackie v. Davis 13 La. Ann. 475 1858 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Boulard v. Calhoun 13 La. Ann. 445 1858 0 Torts, damages Louisiana
John R. Marshall & Co. v. Simpson 13 La. Ann. 437 1858 0 Judgment, securities Louisiana
Wilkins v. Bobo 13 La. Ann. 430 1858 0 Monetary judgment, suretyship Louisiana
Chaffe v. Steamboat St. Charles 13 La. Ann. 415 1858 0 Theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Flemming v. Richardson 13 La. Ann. 414 1858 0 Redhibition Louisiana
McAlpine v. Jones 13 La. Ann. 409 1858 0 Theft of enslaved person, sequestration Louisiana
Wilson v. Porter 13 La. Ann. 407 1858 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, authentic acts Louisiana
Jones v. State 13 La. Ann. 406 1858 0 Emancipation, Louisiana
Ford v. Simmons 13 La. Ann. 397 1858 0 Recovery of damages for murdered enslaved person Louisiana
Meadows v. Dick 13 La. Ann. 377 1858 0 Dispute of ownership of enslaved persons, separation of property, deeds of gift Louisiana
Martin v. Boler 13 La. Ann. 369 1858 0 Property, seizure, wills, sales, Louisiana