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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stoppenhagen v. Verdelet 10 La. Ann. 263 1855 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Semere v. Semere 10 La. Ann. 704 1855 0 Sales, wills, simulated sale, emancipation Louisiana
Kemp v. Hutchinson 10 La. Ann. 494 1855 0 Redhibition, reconventional demand, sales Louisiana
Jordan v. M'Kenzie 30 Miss. 32 1855 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Ledoux v. Her Husband 10 La. Ann. 663 1855 0 Divorce, marital property, assault, donation inter vivos Louisiana
Overton v. Simon 10 La. Ann. 685 1855 0 Obligations, contracts, breach of contract, negligence Louisiana
Young v. Epperson 14 Tex. 618 1855 0 Recovery for slaves Texas
Humphreys v. Caraway 10 La. Ann. 617 1855 0 Trusts, debts, property Louisiana
Hardesty v. Wormley 10 La. Ann. 239 1855 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Rawles v. State 15 Tex. 581 1855 0 Indictment of allowing slave to commit illegal acts Texas
Stewart v. State 26 Ala. 44 1855 1 Alabama
Graves v. Graves 10 La. Ann. 212 1855 0 Wills, successions, donations Louisiana
Mouton v. Beauchamp 10 La. Ann. 666 1855 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, successions, sales, fraud Louisiana
Howard v. Copley 10 La. Ann. 504 1855 0 Petitory action, heirs, donation Louisiana
Davie v. Stevens 10 La. Ann. 496 1855 0 Promissory notes, property, estates Louisiana
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Fee simple, Estates, sales, bailments Louisiana
McAlpin v. Jones 10 La. Ann. 552 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, sequestration, property, estates Louisiana
Lewis v. Peets 10 La. Ann. 489 1855 0 Parol evidence, redhibition, sales Louisiana
State v. Dick 10 La. Ann. 461 1855 0 Criminal law, assault, sentencing, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Priestly v. Shaughnessy 10 La. Ann. 455 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation Louisiana