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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Hickman 13 La. Ann. 364 1858 0 Mortgages, tutorship Louisiana
Johnston v. Johnston 13 La. Ann. 581 1858 0 Property (division of marital) Louisiana
State v. Henderson 13 La. Ann. 489 1858 0 Capital punishment, stabbing by enslaved person Louisiana
Exum v. Brister 35 Miss. 391 1858 0 Liability of principal for trespass of agent and slaves Mississippi
Cogan v. Frisby 36 Miss. 178 1858 0 Evidence regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Garner & Neville v. Lyles & Bracy 35 Miss. 176 1858 0 Fraudulent coveyance of slaves Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Annulment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Heirs of Provost v. Provost 13 La. Ann. 574 1858 0 Wills, property, Louisiana
Jones v. State 13 La. Ann. 406 1858 0 Emancipation, Louisiana
Wilson v. Porter 13 La. Ann. 407 1858 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, authentic acts Louisiana
Montgomery v. Chaney 13 La. Ann. 207 1858 0 Forced heirs, sales, simulated contract, undue influence Louisiana
Laycock v. Bird 13 La. Ann. 173 1858 0 Sales, donations in disguise, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Turner v. Healy 13 La. Ann. 498 1858 0 Slander, title of an enslaved person Louisiana
Young v. Courtney 13 La. Ann. 193 1858 0 Conveyance of land, inheritance, successions, partition Louisiana
Mardis v. Heirs of Mardis 13 La. Ann. 236 1858 0 Wills, property, debts Louisiana
Knox v. Payne 13 La. Ann. 361 1858 0 Mortgages, Property title, dispute over ownership of enslaved person, obligations, specific performance Louisiana
Julienne v. Touriac 13 La. Ann. 599 1858 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
Ricks v. Pinson 21 Tex. 507 1858 0 Texas
McFaddin v. Vincent 21 Tex. 47 1858 0 Texas