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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 Freedom Petition United States
Brewer v. Harris 46 Va. 285 1848 0 Illegal detainment SC of Appeals VA
Billups v. Sears 46 Va. 31 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Chinn v. Murray 45 Va. 348 1848 0 Suit for partition of estate SC of Appeals VA
Heth v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. 45 Va. 482 1848 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Morris' adm'r v. Morris' adm'r 45 Va. 293 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Beverley v. Brooke 45 Va. 187 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Bailment, torts Louisiana
England v. Gripon 15 La. Ann. 304 1860 0 Property, Implied Warranty, Bailments Louisiana
Succession of Packwood 12 La. 334 1845 0 Sales, community property, successions, conflict of laws, promissory notes Louisiana
Succession of Stafford 12 La. 178 1845 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, sales Louisiana
Moore v. Lambeth 5 La. 66 1850 0 Mortgages, sales, judicial seizure, fraud, equitable estoppel, property, contracts Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, property, contracts Louisiana
Trudeau v. Smith's Syndics 12 Mart. (o.s.) 543 1823 0 Sales, property, mortgages, debts, privileges, syndics, delivery Louisiana
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Fee simple, Estates, sales, bailments Louisiana
Towles v. Conrad 3 Rob. 69 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Sales, property, community property, renunciation, contracts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 209 1816 0 Sales, contracts, redhibition, breach, recission, recordation, damages, property Louisiana