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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Miltenberger v. Canon 10 Mart. (o.s.) 85 1821 0 Sales, breach, promissory notes, title Louisiana
Chesneau's Heirs v. Sadler 10 Mart. (o.s.) 726 1822 0 Successions, property, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Norwood's Ex.'s v. Duncan 10 Mart. (o.s.) 708 1822 0 Successions, debts, privileges, promissory notes, mortgages, community property, fraud Louisiana
Steer v. Ward 10 Mart. (o.s.) 679 1822 0 Property, sales, mandates, agency Louisiana
Mitchel v. Jewel 10 Mart. (o.s.) 645 1822 0 Community property, redhibition, fraud, evidence, witness testimony, sales, robbery, runaway enslaved person, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 10 Mart. (o.s.) 633 1822 0 Witness testimony, liability, community property, privileges Louisiana
Bayon v. Vavasseur 10 Mart. (o.s.) 61 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, fraud, witness testimony Louisiana
Kenney v. Dow 10 Mart. (o.s.) 577 1822 0 Insolvency, promissory notes, bankruptcy, sales, property, evidence, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 10 Mart. (o.s.) 482 1822 0 Successions, evidence, trusts, property, mortgages, sales, obligations, syndics Louisiana
Gaillard v. Anceline 10 Mart. (o.s.) 479 1822 0 Evidence, declarations, capacity, freedom suit Louisiana
Chiapella v. Lanusse's Syndics 10 Mart. (o.s.) 448 1821 0 Sales, property, mortgages, syndics, privileges, bankruptcy Louisiana
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Wyche v. Wyche 10 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1821 0 Community property, property, sales, successions, damages Louisiana
Smith v. Smith 10 Mart. (o.s.) 400 1821 0 Wages, leases, sales Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 398 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission, indeminification Louisiana
Mitchell v. Armitage 10 Mart. (o.s.) 38 1821 0 Negligence, labor, recission, witness testimony, evidence Louisiana