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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Berret v. Adams 10 La. Ann. 77 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory note Louisiana
Matta v. Gayle 10 La. Ann. 347 1855 0 Suretyship, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
State v. Gardner 10 La. Ann. 25 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, federal rules of civil procedure Louisiana
Porterfield v. Greenwood 10 La. Ann. 51 1855 0 Sales, seizure, title, debts Louisiana
Hedrick v. Banister 10 La. Ann. 208 1855 0 Sales, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
Mouton v. Beauchamp 10 La. Ann. 666 1855 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, successions, sales, fraud Louisiana
Succession of Thibodaux 10 La. Ann. 653 1855 0 Successions, sale of enslaved person, property Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 10 La. Ann. 735 1855 0 taxes, property Louisiana
Nesbitt v. McGehee 26 Ala. 748 1855 1 Alabama
Fellowes v. Young 10 La. Ann. 267 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Goldsmith, Forcheimer & Co. v. Picard 27 Ala. 142 1855 1 Alabama
Gourdain v. Baylies 10 La. Ann. 691 1855 0 Sales, simulation Louisiana
Rawles v. State 15 Tex. 581 1855 0 Indictment of allowing slave to commit illegal acts Texas
Hoggatt v. Morancy 10 La. Ann. 169 1855 0 Wills, heirs, estates, property Louisiana
State v. Porte's Securities 10 La. Ann. 148 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, bail Louisiana
State v. Prats 10 La. Ann. 785 1855 0 Statutes, criminal law, liquor license Louisiana
Underwood v. Lacapere 10 La. Ann. 766 1855 0 Default judgments, warranty Louisiana
Bonnafon v. Wiltz 10 La. Ann. 657 1855 0 Successions, sales, tutorship Louisiana
McWillie v. Kirkpatrick 28 Miss. 802 1855 1 Mississippi
Cochran v. Walker 10 La. Ann. 431 1855 0 Sales, privileges, property Louisiana