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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Toler v. Cushman 12 La. Ann. 733 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, estates, promissory notes Louisiana
La Selle v. Whitfield 12 La. Ann. 81 1857 0 Siezure, accounts, property Louisiana
Mourain v. Mourain 12 La. Ann. 147 1857 0 Dowry, donations inter vivos Louisiana
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Sale of enslaved person, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Alexander v. Alexander 12 La. Ann. 588 1857 0 Sales of enslaved persons, wills Louisiana
Succession of Croizet 12 La. Ann. 401 1857 0 Estates, accounts, debts Louisiana
Lowber v. McCoy 12 La. Ann. 795 1857 0 Sales, theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Hanrahan v. Leclercq 15 La. Ann. 204 1860 0 Wills Louisiana
Rabun v. Rabun 15 La. Ann. 471 1860 0 Property, Wills, Statute of limitations Louisiana
Smith v. Lambeth's Executor 15 La. Ann. 566 1860 0 Property, Wills, Debts Louisiana
Succession of Daigle 15 La. Ann. 594 1860 0 Property, Wills, Debts Louisiana
Robinson v. County Commissioners 12 Md. 132 1858 0 Maryland
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Decuir v. Lejeune 15 La. Ann. 216 1860 0 Judicial lien, Louisiana
Girault v. Zuntz 15 La. Ann. 684 1860 0 Sale of slave, contracts Louisiana
Rost v. Executors of Doyal 15 La. Ann. 180 1860 0 Partition Louisiana
Brainard v. Head 15 La. Ann. 489 1860 0 Runaway enslaved person, negligence, Louisiana
Paty v. Martin 15 La. Ann. 620 1860 0 Sale of "defective' slave Louisiana
Folse v. Kittridge 15 La. Ann. 222 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
Casanova's Heirs v. Avegno 9 La. 192 1836 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, successions, privileges, property, community property, sales Louisiana