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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bennet v. Starnes 8 La. Ann. 77 1853 0 Judicial seizure, unpaid wages, property Louisiana
Robatham v. Tete 8 La. Ann. 73 1853 0 Mortgages, successions, property, privileges Louisiana
Succession of Cresswell 8 La. Ann. 122 1853 0 Emancipation, wills, property Louisiana
Audige v. Gaillard 8 La. Ann. 71 1853 0 Trespass, murder, negligence Louisiana
Heirs of Trahan v. Trahan 8 La. Ann. 455 1853 0 Emancipation, marital property, wills Louisiana
State v. Kentuck 8 La. Ann. 308 1853 0 Criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Kennedy v. Beaseley 8 La. Ann. 88 1853 0 Sales, successions, contract Louisiana
Byrne v. Anderson 8 La. Ann. 139 1853 0 Property, judicial seizure, debts Louisiana
Hudnall v. Watt 8 La. Ann. 5 1853 0 Leases, prescription, sales, parole evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Floyd v. Ricks 14 Ark. 286 1853 1 Arkansas
O'Neal v. Oates 8 La. Ann. 78 1853 0 Property, wills Louisiana
Wallston v. Braswell 54 N.C. 137 1853 1 North Carolina
Judice v. Kerr 8 La. Ann. 462 1853 0 Marital property, mortgages, res judicata, hypothecary action Louisiana
Brown v. Smith 8 La. Ann. 59 1853 0 Emancipation Louisiana
Dearmon v. Blackburn 33 Tenn. 390 1853 1 Tennessee
Sharp v. Davis 8 La. Ann. 92 1853 0 Promissory notes, sales, employment Louisiana
Smith's Executors v. Wiley 22 Ala. 396 1853 1 Alabama
Mercier v. Canonge 8 La. Ann. 37 1853 1 Louisiana
Rountree v. Brilliant Steamboat Co. 8 La. Ann. 289 1853 0 Property, death of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Stewart v. Allain 8 La. Ann. 64 1853 0 Mortgages, sales, property, judicial mortgage, simulation Louisiana