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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
La Selle v. Whitfield 12 La. Ann. 81 1857 0 Siezure, accounts, property Louisiana
Voorhies v. DeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 864 1857 0 Creditor's rights, property, inheritance, successions Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
McCay v. Chambliss 12 La. Ann. 412 1857 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Hoggatt v. Gibbs 12 La. Ann. 770 1857 0 Wills, probate dispute Louisiana
Waddell v. Judson 12 La. Ann. 13 1857 0 Mortgages, property, seziure Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Estate of McArthur 12 La. Ann. 47 1857 0 Tax assessments of enslaved persons Louisiana
Daret v. Gray 12 La. Ann. 394 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
Maples v. Mitty 12 La. Ann. 759 1857 0 Sales, successions, simulated donation, fraud Louisiana
Gil v. Williams 12 La. Ann. 219 1857 0 Smuggling of enslaved persons, forfeiture, obligations, contracts, consideration Louisiana
Riddle v. Kreinbiehl 12 La. Ann. 297 1857 0 Capacity, estates, debts, successions, redhibition Louisiana
Boatner v. Yarborough 12 La. Ann. 249 1857 1 Louisiana
Lawrence v. Burris 12 La. Ann. 843 1857 1 Louisiana
Succession of Waters 12 La. Ann. 97 1857 1 Louisiana
Richardson v. Bell 12 La. Ann. 296 1857 0 Redhibition, property, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Williams v. Talbot 12 La. Ann. 407 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person, damages Louisiana
Scott, Carhart & Co. v. Jackson 12 La. Ann. 640 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Nouvet v. Heirs of Armant 12 La. Ann. 71 1857 0 warranty, recovery on enslaved person Louisiana
Barrow v. McDonald 12 La. Ann. 110 1857 0 murder of an enslaved person, accounts, property, liquidation Louisiana