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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Bass 11 La. Ann. 478 1856 0 Criminal law, murder of enslaved person, character evidence Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 11 La. Ann. 559 1856 0 Contracts, marital property Louisiana
Bryan v. Day 11 La. Ann. 601 1856 0 Securities, bonds, subrogation Louisiana
Jones v. Moore 11 La. Ann. 616 1856 0 Bonds, Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Estate of Routon 11 La. Ann. 621 1856 0 Partition of enslaved persons, heirs, Louisiana
Pratt v. McHatton 11 La. Ann. 260 1856 0 Partnerships, Contracts, leases, debts Louisiana
Young v. Fuller 29 Ala. 464 1856 1 Alabama
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
Wilson v. Bossier 11 La. Ann. 640 1856 0 Unpaid wages, employment, attempted murder of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Delerno 11 La. Ann. 648 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, selling liquor to enslaved person, criminal law Louisiana
Miltenberger v. Elam 11 La. Ann. 667 1856 0 Property, debts, successions, tutorship, sales Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Lesseps 11 La. Ann. 251 1856 0 Obligations, taxes, assessment Louisiana
Heirs of Bordelon v. Heirs of Baron 11 La. Ann. 676 1856 0 Successions, collateral heirs, property, wills, vices of confection Louisiana
Calvit v. Mulhollan 11 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Wills, property, inheritence Louisiana
Dunn v. Woodward 11 La. Ann. 265 1856 0 Sales, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Farmers' Bank of Kentucky v. Stevens 11 La. Ann. 189 1856 0 Redhibition, corporations Louisiana
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Murder of enslaved persons, evidence Louisiana
Heirs of Dupuy v. Dupont 11 La. Ann. 226 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, forced heirs Louisiana
Bone v. Sparrow 11 La. Ann. 185 1856 0 Estates, property, successions Louisiana
Fort v. Union Bank of Louisiana 11 La. Ann. 708 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana