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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McLeod v. Johnson 28 Miss. 374 1854 0 Title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Sturgis v. Arcenaux 9 La. Ann. 136 1854 0 Property, judgment creditors, contracts Louisiana
D'Arensbourg v. Chauvin 9 La. Ann. 98 1854 0 Property, judicial seizure, sales, res judicata, prescription Louisiana
Neill v. Keese 13 Tex. 187 1854 0 Action to order sale of slaves Texas
State v. Porte 9 La. Ann. 105 1854 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, evidence Louisiana
In re the Succession of Smith 9 La. Ann. 107 1854 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges Louisiana
Hurdle v. Outlaw 55 N.C. 75 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tarkington v. McRea 47 N.C. 47 1854 0 Action for penalties North Carolina
Nicholls v. Holmes 46 N.C. 360 1854 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Hinton v. Powell 54 N.C. 230 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Macon v. Willson 9 La. Ann. 178 1854 0 Sequestration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Eubanks 9 La. Ann. 147 1854 0 Wills, revocation of wills Louisiana
Mitchell v. Mitchell's Lessee 6 Md. 224 1854 0 Maryland
M. & B. Mullen & Co. v. Scott 9 La. Ann. 173 1854 0 Judicial seizure, sales, mortgages, res judicata Louisiana
Desobry v. Carmena 9 La. Ann. 180 1854 0 Mortgages, property, judicial seizure Louisiana
State v. Lethe 9 La. Ann. 182 1854 0 Criminal law, jurisdiction Louisiana
Percy v. Percy 9 La. Ann. 185 1854 0 Mortgages, sales, marital property Louisiana
Thompson v. Thompson 12 Tex. 327 1854 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Simonds v. Byrne 9 La. Ann. 93 1854 0 Successions, emancipation, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Suit to recover a slave Texas