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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Dwight v. Mason 12 La. Ann. 846 1857 0 Estates, attachments, curatorship, garnishments Louisiana
Mourain v. Mourain 12 La. Ann. 147 1857 0 Dowry, donations inter vivos Louisiana
Succession of Grover 12 La. Ann. 334 1857 0 Partnerships, Wills, property, contract Louisiana
Alexander v. Alexander 12 La. Ann. 588 1857 0 Sales of enslaved persons, wills Louisiana
Succession of Croizet 12 La. Ann. 401 1857 0 Estates, accounts, debts Louisiana
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Partition, mortgages, property, successions, probate Louisiana
Lowber v. McCoy 12 La. Ann. 795 1857 0 Sales, theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Carter v. State 20 Tex. 339 1857 0 Indictment against master for allowing slave to carry firearm Texas
Echols v. Dodd 20 Tex. 190 1857 0 Action for causing death of slave Texas
Coppage v. Barnett 34 Miss. 621 1857 0 Validity of a gift of slaves Mississippi
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas
Epperson v. Mills 19 Tex. 65 1857 0 Will & trust Texas
Lovett v. State 19 Tex. 174 1857 0 Attempt to entice a slave away Texas
Cain v. State 18 Tex. 387 1857 0 Attempt to entice a slave away Texas
Hunt v. Knox 34 Miss. 655 1857 0 Issues arising from contract of forbearance Mississippi
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Murder, excecution, retroactivity Louisiana
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana