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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harbour v. Scott 12 La. Ann. 152 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved persons Louisiana
Barrow v. McDonald 12 La. Ann. 110 1857 0 murder of an enslaved person, accounts, property, liquidation Louisiana
Carmouche v. Carmouche 12 La. Ann. 721 1857 0 Donation inter vivos, usufruct Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Testaments, manumission, res judicata Louisiana
Farwell v. Harris 12 La. Ann. 50 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Whann v. Hufty 12 La. Ann. 280 1857 0 Property, seizure, attachments Louisiana
Holland v. Miller 12 La. Ann. 624 1857 0 Consideration, judgment made on insane person, recovery for enslaved persons, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Edwards v. Glasson 12 La. Ann. 586 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
Loubière v. LeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 210 1857 0 Heirs, promissory notes, debts, property, successions Louisiana
McCay v. Chambliss 12 La. Ann. 412 1857 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
McHugh v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 361 1857 1 Louisiana
West Feliciana Railroad v. Thornton 12 La. Ann. 736 1857 1 Louisiana
Spencer v. Banister 12 La. Ann. 766 1857 1 Louisiana
Griffon v. Blanc 12 La. Ann. 5 1857 1 Louisiana
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Will & trust Louisiana
Succession of Boatwright 12 La. Ann. 893 1857 1 Louisiana
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 False confessions, murder, criminal law Louisiana
Reed v. Crocker 12 La. Ann. 436 1857 0 Wills, property, forced heirs Louisiana