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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Gautt v. Gautt 12 La. Ann. 673 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, consideration, prescription Louisiana
Bryan v. Day 11 La. Ann. 601 1856 0 Securities, bonds, subrogation Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 11 La. Ann. 559 1856 0 Contracts, marital property Louisiana
Mock v. Kennedy 11 La. Ann. 527 1856 0 Redhibition, sales, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Dorvin v. Wiltz 11 La. Ann. 514 1856 0 Marital property, divorce Louisiana
Judson v. Hertz 11 La. Ann. 715 1856 0 Marital property, property, insolvency Louisiana
Brack v. Wood 11 La. Ann. 512 1856 0 Possessory action, witness identification, dispute over ownership of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
McMaster v. Stewart 11 La. Ann. 546 1856 0 Curatorship, Dispute over title of enslaved persons, prescription, sales Louisiana
Leverich v. Adams 11 La. Ann. 510 1856 0 Property, seizure, fraud, vendor's privileges Louisiana
Bowman v. Browning 17 Ark. 599 1856 1 Arkansas
Firemen's Insurance v. McMillan 29 Ala. 147 1856 1 Alabama
Crane v. Allen 11 La. Ann. 496 1856 0 Writ of possession, Louisiana
Devron v. His Creditors 11 La. Ann. 482 1856 0 Mortgages, creditor's rights, property, sales Louisiana
Levi v. Penny 11 La. Ann. 539 1856 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sequestration, property, tutorship Louisiana
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
Eulalie v. Long 11 La. Ann. 463 1856 0 Prescription, manumission, human trafficking Louisiana
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Murder of enslaved persons, evidence Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 11 La. Ann. 424 1856 0 Emancipcation, wills, character evidence Louisiana