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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Tompkins 13 F. Cas. 840 1833 0 Action of trespass and false imprisonment Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Lowe v. Morris 13 Ga. 165 1853 0 fee simple title for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Marshall v. Morris 13 Ga. 185 1853 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Laughlin v. Greene 13 Ga. 359 1853 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Warner v. Robertson 13 Ga. 370 1853 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Hiriart v. Roses 13 La. 126 1839 0 Sales, fraud, simulation, property, debts, obligations Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Torts, damages, witness testimony, negligence Louisiana
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, recission, sales Louisiana
Matthews v. Matthews 13 La. Ann. 197 1858 0 Legacies, estates, wills, usufructs Louisiana
Owen v. Brown 13 La. Ann. 201 1858 0 Interrogatories, recovery for loss of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
State v. Peter 13 La. Ann. 232 1858 0 Criminal law, right to speedy trial Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 13 La. Ann. 248 1858 0 Manumission, Louisiana
Marciacq v. Steamer H. M. Wright 13 La. Ann. 27 1858 0 Recovery of wages for enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Nesom v. D'Armond 13 La. Ann. 294 1858 0 Probate, obligations, prescriptions Louisiana
State v. Oscar 13 La. Ann. 297 1858 0 Capital punishment, preliminary exam, objection to trial Louisiana