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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Chapman v. Hardesty 10 Rob. 34 1845 0 Successions, sales, writ of fifa, contracts, property Louisiana
Labauve v. Boudreau 9 Rob. 28 1844 0 Simulation, fraud, successions, sales Louisiana
Barksdale v. Finney 55 Va. 338 1858 0 Action to recover property SC of Appeals VA
Hancock ex rel. Guardian v. Hovey 1 N.C. 104 1799 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Lawrence v. Guice 9 Rob. 219 1844 0 Community property, successions, privileges, syndic Louisiana
Jenkins v. Thenet 9 Rob. 34 1844 0 Successions, fraud, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Illinois
Rhodes v. Union Bank 7 La. 63 1844 0 Forced heirs, successions, property, mortgages Louisiana
Echols v. Jordan 39 Ala. 24 1863 0 Partition of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wilson v. Craighead 6 Rob. 429 1844 0 Successions, tutorship, fraud, property, sales, prescription Louisiana
In re the Tutorship of Virginia Kershaw 5 Rob. 488 1843 0 Tutorship, successions, competency, witness testimony, property Louisiana
Arrieux v. Dugas 5 Rob. 453 1843 0 Property, successions, community property, sales, mortgages, privileges, seizure, subrogation, res judicata Louisiana
Smith v. Scott 3 Rob. 258 1842 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, property, successions, privileges Louisiana
Bookout v. Anderson 3 Rob. 290 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, theft, debts, mortgages, property Louisiana
Adams v. Lear 3 La. Ann. 144 1848 0 Sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges, partition Louisiana
Clark v. State Bank 3 La. Ann. 325 1848 0 Judicial seizure, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
State v. Lewis 3 La. Ann. 398 1848 0 Criminal law, muder, habeas corpus, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Davis v. Janin 3 La. Ann. 712 1848 0 Sales, promissory notes, runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Hawkins v. Vanwickle 6 Mart. (n.s.) 418 1828 0 Property, petitory action, fieri facias, emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana