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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
Fluker v. Bobo 11 La. Ann. 609 1856 0 Property, Seizure, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
United States v. Durkee 25 F. Cas. 941 1856 1 United States
Miltenberger v. Elam 11 La. Ann. 667 1856 0 Property, debts, successions, tutorship, sales Louisiana
Sartor v. Branch Bank at Montgomery 29 Ala. 353 1856 1 Alabama
Barnes v. Crandell 11 La. Ann. 119 1856 0 Debtor's rights, obligations, mortgages, suretyship Louisiana
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Tutorship, property, fraud Louisiana
Bermudez ex rel. Wright v. Union Bank 11 La. Ann. 64 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, mortgages, property, judicial sales Louisiana
Hunter v. General Mutual Insurance 11 La. Ann. 139 1856 0 Warranty, death of enslaved person, insurance policy Louisiana
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Sale of enslaved person, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
McLellan v. Williams 11 La. Ann. 721 1856 0 Redhibition, sales, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
McNeilly v. Patchin 23 Mo. 40 1856 1 Missouri
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Heirs of Dupuy v. Dupont 11 La. Ann. 226 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, forced heirs Louisiana
Wood v. Hardy 11 La. Ann. 760 1856 0 Promissory notes, property, wills, emancipation Louisiana
Morrow v. Higgins 29 Ala. 448 1856 1 Alabama
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania