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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Murphy v. Mutual Benefit Life & Fire Insurance 6 La. Ann. 518 1851 0 Life insurance Louisiana
Summers v. United States Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co. 13 La. Ann. 504 1858 0 Life insurance policy Louisiana
Machin v. Thompson 17 Ark. 199 1856 0 Limitation act Arkansas
Pinson v. McGehee 44 Miss. 229 1870 0 Limitations on a continuing trust Mississippi
Perry v. Commissioners for the Liquidation of the Clinton & Port Hudson Rail Road 11 Rob. 404 1845 0 Liquidation, mortgages, privileges, separation of powers, property, pledges Louisiana
Flower v. Millaudon 6 La. 697 1834 0 Liquidation, mortgages, sales, damages, property, debts, partnerships, contracts Louisiana
Reinhart v. State 29 Ga. 522 1859 0 Liquor sold to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Weathers v. Barksdale 30 Ga. 888 1860 0 Loan and Interest Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott, White & Co. v. Henry 13 Ark. 112 1852 0 Loan dispute Arkansas
Smith v. Jones & Jones 8 Ark. 109 1847 0 Loaned enslaved person disptue Arkansas
Lines v. Darden 5 Fla. 51 1853 0 Loaning a Portion of an Estate of a Testator Supreme Court of FL
Knight v. Bell 22 Ala. 198 1853 0 Loan of Enslaved Person dispute Alabama
Givens v. Lawler 9 Ala. 543 1846 0 Loan of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Moseby v. Williams 6 Miss. 520 1841 0 Loan of slave dispute Mississippi
Winburn's Ex'ors v. Cochran 9 Tex. 123 1852 0 Loan of slave dispute Texas
Cochrane v. Winburn's Ex'ors 13 Tex. 143 1854 0 Loan of slaves dispute Texas
Claiborne v. Tanner 18 Tex. 68 1856 0 Loan of slaves dispute Texas
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Lobdell 10 La. Ann. 130 1855 0 Loans, debts, judicial seizure Louisiana
Piernas v. Blanque's Syndics 6 Mart. (o.s.) 577 1819 0 Loans, mortgages, sales, debts, fraud, contracts, property Louisiana
M'Daniel v. Insall 7 La. 241 1834 0 Loans, negligence, torts, evidence Louisiana