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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Westbrook v. Mitchell 24 Tex. 560 1859 0 Texas
Bank of Commerce v. Selden, Withers & Co. 3 Minn. 155 1859 1 Minnesota
State v. Adams 14 La. Ann. 620 1859 0 Criminal law, felony Louisiana
Deshotels v. Soileau 14 La. Ann. 745 1859 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Vienne v. Harris 14 La. Ann. 382 1859 0 Sales, property, Louisiana
Parnell v. Petrovic 14 La. Ann. 601 1859 0 Divorce, dissolution of community and separate property Louisiana
Carter v. State 33 Ala. 429 1859 1 Alabama
State v. Jack 14 La. Ann. 385 1859 0 Criminal law, murder, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Payne & Harrison v. Scott 14 La. Ann. 760 1859 0 Wills, tutorship, property Louisiana
Succession of McClelland 14 La. Ann. 762 1859 0 Wills, community and separate property Louisiana
Moussier v. Zunts 14 La. Ann. 15 1859 0 Mortgage, damages, property, debts Louisiana
Punchard v. Taylor, Hadden & Co. 23 Tex. 424 1859 1 Texas
Smith v. Taylor 14 La. Ann. 663 1859 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizures Louisiana
De Blane v. Hugh Lynch & Co. 23 Tex. 25 1859 0 Texas
Bowers v. Hale 14 La. Ann. 419 1859 0 Property (separation of), mortgages, debts Louisiana
Harry v. Constantin 14 La. Ann. 782 1859 0 Slander Louisiana
State ex rel. Hickman v. Judge of the Third District Court of New Orleans 14 La. Ann. 504 1859 0 Freedom suit, sequestration Louisiana
Fisk v. Parker 14 La. Ann. 491 1859 0 Property Louisiana
Pearce v. Nix 34 Ala. 183 1859 1 Alabama
Gilbert v. Hollinger 14 La. Ann. 441 1859 0 Property, attachments, Louisiana