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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Womack 9 La. Ann. 555 1854 0 Successions, partition, property, marriage, donations Louisiana
Succession of Gassen v. Palfrey 9 La. Ann. 560 1854 0 Successions, minor heirs, property, sales, fraud Louisiana
Dowty v. Templeton 9 La. Ann. 549 1854 0 Torts, employment, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Thomas v. Chance 11 Tex. 634 1854 0 Bill of sale dispute Texas
Murphy's Administrators v. Crain 12 Tex. 297 1854 0 Breach of warranty dispute Texas
Turner v. Morris 27 Miss. 733 1854 1 Mississippi
Neill v. Keese 13 Tex. 187 1854 0 Action to order sale of slaves Texas
Pridgen v. Hill 12 Tex. 374 1854 1 Texas
De Young v. De Young 9 La. Ann. 545 1854 0 Marital property, debts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Hebert v. Doussan 8 La. Ann. 267 1853 0 Sales, property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Rountree v. Brilliant Steamboat Co. 8 La. Ann. 289 1853 0 Property, death of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Adams v. Routh 8 La. Ann. 121 1853 0 Emancipation, donations, property, wills Louisiana
McLoskey v. Gordon 26 Miss. 260 1853 1 Mississippi
Peacock v. Chapman 8 La. Ann. 87 1853 0 Sales, suretyship, mortgages, subrogation Louisiana
DeCourcy, Lafourcade & Co. v. Barr 45 N.C. 181 1853 1 North Carolina
Wilson v. Imboden 8 La. Ann. 140 1853 0 Estates, property Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 8 La. Ann. 460 1853 0 Emancipation, wills Louisiana
Tinnen v. Mebane 10 Tex. 246 1853 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Mayfield v. Averitt's Adm'r 11 Tex. 140 1853 0 Wrongful claim of property Texas
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Mortgages, judicial seizure, property Louisiana