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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cornish v. Shelton 12 La. Ann. 415 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
McCay v. Chambliss 12 La. Ann. 412 1857 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Williams v. Talbot 12 La. Ann. 407 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person, damages Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Whann v. Hufty 12 La. Ann. 280 1857 0 Property, seizure, attachments Louisiana
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, marital property, successions Louisiana
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Partition, mortgages, property, successions, probate Louisiana
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person, harboring enslaved person Louisiana
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Harbour v. Scott 12 La. Ann. 152 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved persons Louisiana
Waddell v. Judson 12 La. Ann. 13 1857 0 Mortgages, property, seziure Louisiana
Phipps v. Berger 12 La. Ann. 111 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Offutt v. Morancy 12 La. 92 1845 0 Sales, contracts, promissory notes, delivery Louisiana
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Sequestration, property, privileges, successions, sales Louisiana