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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
La Roche v. Lessee of Jones 50 U.S. 155 1850 1 United States
Bartlett v. Peck 5 La. 669 1850 0 Promissory notes, prescription, sales, property, debts Louisiana
Spivey v. Morris 18 Ala. 254 1850 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Municipality No. One 5 La. 100 1850 0 Negligence, municipality liability, runaway enslaved persons Louisiana
Hoover v. Sellers 5 La. 180 1850 0 Forced heirs, successions, property, sales Louisiana
Dorsey v. Carrollton Bank 5 La. 237 1850 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, property Louisiana
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Chattel mortgages after sale of property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Allen v. Campbell 5 La. 754 1850 0 Redhibition, warranty, sales Louisiana
Lalande v. Breaux 5 La. 505 1850 0 Partnership, successions, mortgages, property, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 5 La. 441 1850 0 Olographic will, vices of form, emancipation, capacity, substitutions, property, contracts Louisiana
Fuselier v. Fuselier 5 La. 132 1850 0 Successions, sales, property, partition Louisiana
Patterson & Co. v. Fraser 5 La. 586 1850 0 Property mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Bonner v. Gill 5 La. 629 1850 0 Marital property, sales, conversion Louisiana
Wash v. State 22 Miss. 120 1850 0 Whether proof that an enslaved man was owned by a person was enough to uphold capital conviction Mississippi
A. Bonnafe & Co. v. Lane 5 La. 225 1850 0 Mortgages, sales, property, recordation, privileges, conflict of laws, obligations Louisiana
Dugas v. Estiletts 5 La. 559 1850 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Boyd v. Thornton 21 Miss. 338 1850 1 Mississippi
David v. Beelman 5 La. 545 1850 0 Property, leases, reconventional demand Louisiana
Adle v. Anty 5 La. 631 1850 0 Judicial mortgages, property, hypothecary action, prescription, preemption, contracts, incapacity Louisiana