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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Connor's Widow v. Administrators of Connor 10 La. Ann. 440 1855 0 Marital property, wills, conflict of laws Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Emancipation, wills, trusts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Creswell v. Tabary 10 La. Ann. 396 1855 0 Redhibition, legacies Louisiana
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Matta v. Gayle 10 La. Ann. 347 1855 0 Suretyship, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 10 La. Ann. 651 1855 0 Heirs, manumission, wills Louisiana
Bloodgood v. Wilson 10 La. Ann. 302 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, life insurance Louisiana
Michel v. Beale 10 La. Ann. 352 1855 0 Successions, wills, sales, emancipation Louisiana
Zuntz v. Cornen 10 La. Ann. 433 1855 0 Mortgages, seizure, property, marital property Louisiana
Heirs of Fowler v. Beatty 10 La. Ann. 275 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, prescription, seizure, 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
Den on dem. of Rogers v. Ratcliff 48 N.C. 225 1855 1 North Carolina
Fellowes v. Young 10 La. Ann. 267 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Tunnard v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 247 1855 0 Judicial seizure and sale, property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Dunlop v. Executors of Gordon 10 La. Ann. 243 1855 0 Suretyship, property, sales, contracts Louisiana
Harrison & Robinson v. Johnston 27 Ala. 445 1855 0 Action regarding note of sale Alabama
Cotten v. Blocker 6 Fla. 1 1855 0 Use of Slaves to Secure Bond Payments Supreme Court of FL
Hannahan v. Nichols 17 Ga. 77 1855 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia