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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dorsey v. Carrollton Bank 5 La. 237 1850 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, property Louisiana
Bouligny v. M. White & Co. 5 La. 31 1850 0 Devolutive appeal, suretyship, obligationssales, property, judicial seizure Louisiana
Hoover v. Sellers 5 La. 180 1850 0 Forced heirs, successions, property, sales Louisiana
Briscoe v. Tarkington 5 La. 692 1850 0 Emancipation, obligations, mortgages, property Louisiana
Kock v. Slatter 5 La. 739 1850 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Johnson v. Municipality No. One 5 La. 100 1850 0 Negligence, municipality liability, runaway enslaved persons Louisiana
Dean v. Clarke 5 La. 105 1850 0 Sales, promisorry notes, redhibition, agency, reconvential demand Louisiana
Roberts v. Wilkinson 5 La. 369 1850 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, incapacity, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
O'Blennis v. Corri 5 La. 101 1850 0 Sales, witness competency Louisiana
Succession of Key 5 La. 567 1850 0 Successions, property, emancipation Louisiana
Marcos v. Barcas 5 La. 265 1850 0 Successions, forced heirs, wills Louisiana
Anderson v. Garrett 9 Gill 120 1850 0 Maryland
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Lanoue v. Bessy 5 La. 233 1850 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
Curll v. Compton 22 Miss. 56 1850 0 Whether married woman can pass right of ownership of enslaved persons Mississippi
Land v. Land 22 Miss. 99 1850 0 Marital rights to property Mississippi
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
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Chattel mortgages after sale of property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Maxwell v. Mallard 5 La. 702 1850 0 Property, sales, simulation Louisiana