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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas
Clement v. Wafer 12 La. Ann. 599 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, creditor's rights, marital property Louisiana
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 878 1857 0 Debts, secutiries, mortgages, property Louisiana
Girod v. Belknap 12 La. Ann. 791 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Howell v. Crane 12 La. Ann. 126 1857 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, promissory notes Louisiana
Richardson v. Bell 12 La. Ann. 296 1857 0 Redhibition, property, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Mills v. Walton 19 Tex. 271 1857 1 Texas
Porche v. LeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 778 1857 0 Property, creditor's rights, mortgages Louisiana
Scott, Carhart & Co. v. Jackson 12 La. Ann. 640 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Plunkett 12 La. Ann. 558 1857 0 Successions, debts, estates, partition, property Louisiana
Gil v. Williams 12 La. Ann. 219 1857 0 Smuggling of enslaved persons, forfeiture, obligations, contracts, consideration Louisiana
Maples v. Mitty 12 La. Ann. 759 1857 0 Sales, successions, simulated donation, fraud Louisiana
Forniquet v. Forstall 34 Miss. 87 1857 1 Mississippi
Allison v. Allison 56 N.C. 236 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wallace v. McIntosh 49 N.C. 434 1857 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Malloy v. McNair 49 N.C. 297 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Moody v. Farr's Lessee 33 Miss. 192 1857 1 Mississippi
Abbey v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 34 Miss. 571 1857 1 Mississippi
Doe on the demise of Gibson v. Gibson 49 N.C. 425 1857 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina