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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wade v. De Witt 20 Tex. 398 1857 0 Warranty dispute Texas
City of New Orleans v. Estate of McArthur 12 La. Ann. 47 1857 0 Tax assessments of enslaved persons Louisiana
Meyer v. Kinzer 1 Cal. Dist. Ct. 326 1857 1 California
Hoggatt v. Gibbs 12 La. Ann. 770 1857 0 Wills, probate dispute Louisiana
Montgomery v. Culton 18 Tex. 736 1857 0 Transfer of property dispute Texas
Waddell v. Judson 12 La. Ann. 13 1857 0 Mortgages, property, seziure Louisiana
Audrich v. Lamothe 12 La. Ann. 76 1857 0 Creditor's rights, successions, property Louisiana
Nouvet v. Heirs of Armant 12 La. Ann. 71 1857 0 warranty, recovery on enslaved person Louisiana
Riddle v. Kreinbiehl 12 La. Ann. 297 1857 0 Capacity, estates, debts, successions, redhibition Louisiana
Maples v. Mitty 12 La. Ann. 759 1857 0 Sales, successions, simulated donation, fraud Louisiana
Gil v. Williams 12 La. Ann. 219 1857 0 Smuggling of enslaved persons, forfeiture, obligations, contracts, consideration Louisiana
Scott, Carhart & Co. v. Jackson 12 La. Ann. 640 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Richardson v. Bell 12 La. Ann. 296 1857 0 Redhibition, property, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Howell v. Crane 12 La. Ann. 126 1857 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, promissory notes Louisiana
Girod v. Belknap 12 La. Ann. 791 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Brady v. Price 19 Tex. 285 1857 0 Texas
Shirkey v. Hunt 18 Tex. 883 1857 0 Note of sale dispute Texas
Overseers of Morris v. Overseers of Warren 26 N.J.L. 312 1857 Recovery for settlement New Jersey
Molaison v. Hébert 12 La. Ann. 232 1857 0 Forced heirs, testaments, manumission Louisiana
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana