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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gorton v. Gorton's Executor 12 La. 476 1838 0 Injunction, seizure, sales, mortgages, successions, property, promissory notes, suretyship Louisiana
White v. M'Quillan 12 La. 530 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, peremptory exception, debts, prescription, property Louisiana
Vance v. Cooper 49 Tenn. 93 1870 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Thompson's Heirs 11 La. 324 1837 0 Sells, privileges, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Conversion of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Stovall v. London 19 Va. 299 1816 0 Suit for specific performance SC of Appeals VA
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty, damages, personal jurisdiction, property, prescription Louisiana
Levy v. Levy 11 La. 577 1838 0 Property, partnerships, successions, donations, simulation, fraud, donations Louisiana
Traverso v. Row 11 La. 494 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, capacity Louisiana
Foster's Heirs v. Foster's Administratrix 11 La. 401 1837 0 Recission, sales, fraud, successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Barnes v. Syester 14 Md. 507 1859 0 Maryland
Hubnall v. Watt 11 La. Ann. 57 1856 0 Prescription, sales, property Louisiana
McLean v. Houston 49 Tenn. 37 1870 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Deeson 11 La. Ann. 84 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Property, damages, successions, sales, adverse possession Louisiana
McCall v. Henderson 11 La. Ann. 209 1856 0 Recission, sales, debts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Mitchell v. Clarke 1 N.C. 25 1790 0 Evidence North Carolina
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Dufau v. Degruys 5 Mart. (n.s.) 416 1827 0 Property, sales, recission, contracts Louisiana