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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
Hayward v. French 78 Mass. 453 1859 1 Massachusetts
Ronge v. Dawson 9 Wis. 246 1859 1 Wisconsin
Bowers v. Hale 14 La. Ann. 419 1859 0 Property (separation of), mortgages, debts Louisiana
Bowman v. McKleroy & Bradford 14 La. Ann. 587 1859 0 Sales, mortgages, fraud, judgments Louisiana
Wood v. Harrell 14 La. Ann. 61 1859 0 Suretyship, Warranty, Sales Louisiana
Underwood v. Lacapère 14 La. Ann. 276 1859 0 Money judgment, redhibition Louisiana
McCaleb v. Estate of Fluker 14 La. Ann. 316 1859 0 Sales, promissory notes, debts Louisiana
Bisland v. Provosty 14 La. Ann. 169 1859 0 Recovery of 55 enslaved persons Louisiana
Crawford v. Puckett 14 La. Ann. 639 1859 0 Wills, donation inter vivos Louisiana
Strawhern v. State 37 Miss. 422 1859 1 Mississippi
Gleises v. McHatton 14 La. Ann. 560 1859 0 Simulation contract, obligations, property Louisiana
State ex rel. Boissac v. Petit 14 La. Ann. 565 1859 0 Mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Succession of McClelland 14 La. Ann. 762 1859 0 Wills, community and separate property Louisiana
Crawford v. Alexander 14 La. Ann. 708 1859 0 Obligations, wills, promissory notes Louisiana
Wailes v. Daniell 14 La. Ann. 578 1859 0 Wills, sales Louisiana
Andrews v. Beck 23 Tex. 455 1859 0 Texas
Jackson v. Hays 14 La. Ann. 577 1859 0 Sales, fraud Louisiana
State v. Adams 14 La. Ann. 620 1859 0 Criminal law, felony Louisiana
Payne & Harrison v. Scott 14 La. Ann. 760 1859 0 Wills, tutorship, property Louisiana