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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Semere v. Semere 10 La. Ann. 704 1855 0 Sales, wills, simulated sale, emancipation Louisiana
McWillie v. Kirkpatrick 28 Miss. 802 1855 1 Mississippi
Cormier v. Ryan 10 La. Ann. 688 1855 0 Marital property, sales Louisiana
Barry v. Kimball 10 La. Ann. 787 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Richard v. Ouviere 10 La. Ann. 723 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation, Trusts, successions Louisiana
Tunnard v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 247 1855 0 Judicial seizure and sale, property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Fellowes v. Young 10 La. Ann. 267 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Wolf v. Lowry 10 La. Ann. 272 1855 0 Hypothecary action, sales, seizure, mortgages, privileges, property, bakruptcy, debts, community property, fraud, collusion Louisiana
Heirs of Fowler v. Beatty 10 La. Ann. 275 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, prescription, seizure, sales Louisiana
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Zuntz v. Cornen 10 La. Ann. 433 1855 0 Mortgages, seizure, property, marital property Louisiana
Bryan v. Wilson 27 Ala. 208 1855 1 Alabama
Malone v. Kitching 10 La. Ann. 85 1855 0 Marital property, donations, marriage, judicial seizure, sales, property Louisiana
American Exchange Bank v. Inloes 7 Md. 380 1855 1 Maryland
White v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 189 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Garrett's Adm'rs v. Garrett 27 Ala. 687 1855 1 Alabama
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
State v. Gardner 10 La. Ann. 25 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, federal rules of civil procedure Louisiana
Wallis v. Robertson 10 La. Ann. 215 1855 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, estates Louisiana
Hewson v. Creswell 10 La. Ann. 232 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, properly named defendants Louisiana