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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Anderson v. Dacosta 4 La. Ann. 136 1849 0 Sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana
Ledoux v. Rucker 4 La. Ann. 218 1849 0 Seizure, interest, custodial costs Louisiana
McCalop v. Hereford 4 La. Ann. 185 1849 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, pledges Louisiana
Gamard v. Hart 4 La. Ann. 503 1849 0 Seizure, donations, simulation, fraud, sales, damages Louisiana
Arnoult v. Deschapelles 4 La. Ann. 41 1849 0 Murder, damages, evidence, criminal law, liability Louisiana
State v. Jerry 4 La. Ann. 190 1849 0 Murder, jury selection Louisiana
Crane v. Lewis 4 La. Ann. 320 1849 0 Conflict of laws, seizure, property, suretyship, possessory action, damages, contracts, torts, obligations Louisiana
Brown v. Route 4 La. Ann. 270 1849 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, successions, obligations Louisiana
Succession of Dupuy 4 La. Ann. 570 1849 0 Wills, emancipation, property, mandates Louisiana
Cobb v. Parham 4 La. Ann. 148 1849 0 Arbitration, property, liquidation, injunction, agency Louisiana
Colvin v. Nelson 4 La. Ann. 544 1849 0 Donations, prohibited substitutions, property, partition, wills, successions Louisiana
Gaulden v. McPhaul 4 La. Ann. 79 1849 0 Conversion, trusts, mandates, assault, damages Louisiana
Frierson v. Irwin 4 La. Ann. 277 1849 0 Sales, conflict of laws, witness testimony Louisiana
Gibson v. White 4 La. Ann. 14 1849 0 Possessory action, intervenors, partition, sequestration, property Louisiana
Nott v. Marchesseau 4 La. Ann. 344 1849 0 Sales, redhibition, damages Louisiana
Ellis v. Brown 6 Barb. 282 1849 1 New York
United States v. The Ohio 27 F. Cas. 218 1849 0 Forfeiture, stowaway United States
Hilliard v. Doe ex dem. Connelly 7 Ga. 172 1849 1 Georgia
Cutler v. Rae 49 U.S. 615 1849 1 United States
Hargraves v. Lewis 7 Ga. 110 1849 1 Georgia