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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Bartlett v. Peck 5 La. 669 1850 0 Promissory notes, prescription, sales, property, debts Louisiana
Campbell v. Botts 5 La. 106 1850 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Bass v. Balph 5 La. 235 1850 0 Sales, privileges, promissory notes, simulation, mandataries Louisiana
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Dupre v. Desmaret 5 La. 591 1850 0 Successions, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Chattel mortgages after sale of property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Wade v. Marshall 5 La. 157 1850 0 Judicial seizure, property, partnerships, sales 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
Haggerty v. Corri 5 La. 433 1850 0 Sales, possessory action Louisiana
Land v. Land 22 Miss. 99 1850 0 Marital rights to property Mississippi
Curll v. Compton 22 Miss. 56 1850 0 Whether married woman can pass right of ownership of enslaved persons Mississippi
State v. Hackett 5 La. 91 1850 0 Employment, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Bonner v. Gill 5 La. 629 1850 0 Marital property, sales, conversion Louisiana
La Roche v. Lessee of Jones 50 U.S. 155 1850 1 United States
Patterson & Co. v. Fraser 5 La. 586 1850 0 Property mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Hoover v. Sellers 5 La. 180 1850 0 Forced heirs, successions, property, sales Louisiana
Bouligny v. M. White & Co. 5 La. 31 1850 0 Devolutive appeal, suretyship, obligationssales, property, judicial seizure Louisiana