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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Magee v. Catching 33 Miss. 672 1857 0 Right to repurchase Mississippi
Lovelady v. Davis 33 Miss. 577 1857 0 Payment of legacy Mississippi
Garnett v. Kirkman 33 Miss. 389 1857 0 Forbearance on contract Mississippi
Shirley v. Fearne 33 Miss. 653 1857 0 Execution of deed when multiple parties have interest Mississippi
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Shipp v. Wheeless 33 Miss. 646 1857 0 Purchaser seeking recission of contract Mississippi
Denson v. Denson 33 Miss. 560 1857 0 Review of probate court bill Mississippi
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Murder, excecution, retroactivity Louisiana
Stamps v. Green 33 Miss. 546 1857 0 Liability for bill for medical services rendered to slaves Mississippi
Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad v. Clarke & Thaw 29 Pa. 146 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Brown, Bros. v. Freeland 34 Miss. 181 1857 1 Mississippi
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