Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lawrence v. Burris 12 La. Ann. 843 1857 1 Louisiana
Mills v. Walton 19 Tex. 271 1857 1 Texas
Suthon v. Castille 12 La. Ann. 889 1857 0 Sales, marital property, intestacy, debts Louisiana
Whann v. Hufty 12 La. Ann. 280 1857 0 Property, seizure, attachments Louisiana
State v. LeBlond 12 La. Ann. 363 1857 0 Criminal law, selling alcohol to an enslaved person Louisiana
Barrow v. McDonald 12 La. Ann. 110 1857 0 murder of an enslaved person, accounts, property, liquidation Louisiana
Carmouche v. Carmouche 12 La. Ann. 721 1857 0 Donation inter vivos, usufruct Louisiana
Harbour v. Scott 12 La. Ann. 152 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved persons Louisiana
Cain v. State 18 Tex. 387 1857 0 Attempt to entice a slave away Texas
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Testaments, manumission, res judicata Louisiana
Ellis v. Mathews 19 Tex. 390 1857 0 Trial to recover slaves Texas
Lovett v. State 19 Tex. 174 1857 0 Attempt to entice a slave away Texas
Epperson v. Mills 19 Tex. 65 1857 0 Will & trust Texas
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas
Moody v. Farr's Lessee 33 Miss. 192 1857 1 Mississippi
Abbey v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 34 Miss. 571 1857 1 Mississippi
Epperson v. Young 19 Tex. 475 1857 0 Hostile posession of slaves Texas
Farwell v. Harris 12 La. Ann. 50 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Echols v. Dodd 20 Tex. 190 1857 0 Action for causing death of slave Texas
Carter v. State 20 Tex. 339 1857 0 Indictment against master for allowing slave to carry firearm Texas