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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Taylor 14 La. Ann. 663 1859 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizures Louisiana
Harry v. Constantin 14 La. Ann. 782 1859 0 Slander Louisiana
Calmes v. Duplantier 14 La. Ann. 814 1859 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Fassman & Yancey 14 La. Ann. 865 1859 0 Taxes Louisiana
Fuselier v. Babineau 14 La. Ann. 764 1859 0 Suretyship, Tutorships, Wills Louisiana
Gorin v. Gordon 38 Miss. 205 1859 0 Recovery of slaves distributed in a marriage settlement Mississippi
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
Hagan v. Riley 79 Mass. 515 1859 1 Massachusetts
Cuillé v. Gassen 14 La. Ann. 5 1859 0 Successions, property Louisiana
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
McCutcheon v. Angelo 14 La. Ann. 34 1859 0 Recovery of price of enslaved person, felony Louisiana
Raiford v. Wood 14 La. Ann. 116 1859 0 Mortgages, vendor's privilege, property, sales Louisiana
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Bradford 14 La. Ann. 159 1859 0 Subrogation, mortgages Louisiana
Pauline v. Hubert 14 La. Ann. 161 1859 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
D'Aquin v. Armant 14 La. Ann. 217 1859 0 Sales, property Louisiana
Sturges v. Sheriff 14 La. Ann. 231 1859 0 Partition, sale of enslaved person, successions Louisiana
Breaux v. Gallusseaux 14 La. Ann. 233 1859 0 Wills, probate, competency of witnesses Louisiana
Haynes v. Harbour 14 La. Ann. 237 1859 0 Hypothecary, mortgages, property Louisiana
Porche v. Moore 14 La. Ann. 241 1859 0 Donation inter vivos, debts, property Louisiana
Lanehart v. Jeter 36 Miss. 650 1859 0 Interest of husband in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi