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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown, Bros. v. Freeland 34 Miss. 181 1857 1 Mississippi
Carmouche v. Carmouche 12 La. Ann. 721 1857 0 Donation inter vivos, usufruct Louisiana
Thomason v. Odum 31 Ala. 108 1857 1 Alabama
Gil v. Williams 12 La. Ann. 219 1857 0 Smuggling of enslaved persons, forfeiture, obligations, contracts, consideration Louisiana
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, marital property, successions Louisiana
Lowber v. McCoy 12 La. Ann. 795 1857 0 Sales, theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Partition, mortgages, property, successions, probate Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Succession of Croizet 12 La. Ann. 401 1857 0 Estates, accounts, debts Louisiana
Alexander v. Alexander 12 La. Ann. 588 1857 0 Sales of enslaved persons, wills Louisiana
Succession of Grover 12 La. Ann. 334 1857 0 Partnerships, Wills, property, contract Louisiana
Jackson v. Steamboat Magnolia 61 U.S. 296 1857 1 United States
Mourain v. Mourain 12 La. Ann. 147 1857 0 Dowry, donations inter vivos Louisiana
Dwight v. Mason 12 La. Ann. 846 1857 0 Estates, attachments, curatorship, garnishments Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Layton v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 515 1857 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
La Selle v. Whitfield 12 La. Ann. 81 1857 0 Siezure, accounts, property Louisiana
Toler v. Cushman 12 La. Ann. 733 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, estates, promissory notes Louisiana
Cornish v. Shelton 12 La. Ann. 415 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana