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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad v. Barksdale 15 La. Ann. 465 1860 0 Debts, Property, Bonds Louisiana
Perry v. Holloway 10 Rob. 107 1845 0 Debts, property, fieri facias, mortgages, privileges, fraud Louisiana
Patin v. Her Creditors 9 La. 64 1836 0 Debts, property, privileges, mortgages, contracts, syndic, community property Louisiana
Briggs v. Spencer 3 Rob. 265 1842 0 Debts, res judicata, property, seizure, conflict of laws, bonds Louisiana
Denson v. Stewart 15 La. Ann. 456 1860 0 Debts, Sale of Enslaved Person Louisiana
Bemiss v. Hawkins 2 La. Ann. 500 1847 0 Debts, sales, mandates, seizure, recordation, pledges, property, arbitration, simulation Louisiana
Baird v. Livingston 1 Rob. 182 1841 0 Debts, sales, mortgages, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Percy's Syndic v. Percy 7 Mart. (n.s.) 348 1829 0 Debts, sales, privileges, community property, successions, reconventional demand Louisiana
Baron v. Phelan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 88 1816 0 Debts, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, privileges, damages, seizure, mortgages, restitution Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 878 1857 0 Debts, secutiries, mortgages, property Louisiana
Andrus v. Chretien 7 La. 318 1834 0 Debts, suretyship, contracts, sales, seizure, successions, prescription, mortgages Louisiana
Tiernan v. Martin 2 Rob. 523 1842 0 Debt, trusts, property, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana
Glover v. Townsend, Crane & Co. 30 Ga. 90 1860 0 deceit Georgia
Wootten & Goolsby v. Callahan 26 Ga. 366 1858 0 Deceit Supreme Court of Georgia
McDaniel v. Strohecker 19 Ga. 432 1856 0 Deceit for sale of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hawthorn v. Hunter 35 Va. 411 1836 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Shields 33 Va. 440 1835 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave & Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Terrell v. Bennet 18 Ga. 404 1855 0 Deceit trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Grover v. Gaunt 14 Miss. 317 1846 0 Declaration of bond Mississippi