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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peters v. Finney 20 Miss. 449 1849 1 Mississippi
Commercial Bank v. Lewis 21 Miss. 226 1849 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Stewart 20 Miss. 533 1849 1 Mississippi
Boarman v. Catlett 21 Miss. 149 1849 1 Mississippi
Ducournau v. Levistones 4 La. Ann. 30 1849 1 Louisiana
Frierson v. Irwin 4 La. Ann. 277 1849 0 Sales, conflict of laws, witness testimony Louisiana
Colvin v. Nelson 4 La. Ann. 544 1849 0 Donations, prohibited substitutions, property, partition, wills, successions Louisiana
Cobb v. Parham 4 La. Ann. 148 1849 0 Arbitration, property, liquidation, injunction, agency Louisiana
Succession of Dupuy 4 La. Ann. 570 1849 0 Wills, emancipation, property, mandates Louisiana
Brown v. Route 4 La. Ann. 270 1849 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, successions, obligations Louisiana
Crane v. Lewis 4 La. Ann. 320 1849 0 Conflict of laws, seizure, property, suretyship, possessory action, damages, contracts, torts, obligations Louisiana
State v. Jerry 4 La. Ann. 190 1849 0 Murder, jury selection Louisiana
Arnoult v. Deschapelles 4 La. Ann. 41 1849 0 Murder, damages, evidence, criminal law, liability Louisiana
McCalop v. Hereford 4 La. Ann. 185 1849 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, pledges Louisiana
Ledoux v. Rucker 4 La. Ann. 218 1849 0 Seizure, interest, custodial costs Louisiana
Anderson v. Dacosta 4 La. Ann. 136 1849 0 Sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana
Packwood v. Dorsey 4 La. Ann. 90 1849 0 Property, possessory action, damages, slander Louisiana
Botts v. Cochrane 4 La. Ann. 35 1849 0 Runaway enslaved person, liability, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Walker v. Duverger 4 La. Ann. 569 1849 0 Marital property, sales, mortgages, successions Louisiana
Miller v. Miller 4 La. Ann. 354 1849 0 Emancipation, fraud, freedom suit, property Louisiana