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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana
Doriocourt v. Jacobs 1 La. Ann. 214 1846 0 Successions, wills, executor, prescription, privileges Louisiana
Grand Gulf Railroad & Banking v. Stanbrough 1 La. Ann. 261 1846 0 Promissory notes, consideration, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Kirkland v. New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. 1 La. Ann. 299 1846 0 Injunctions, fieri facias, community property, contracts, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Jorda v. Lewis 1 La. Ann. 59 1846 0 Fieri facias, seizure, damages, consideration, property, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Richardson v. Johnson 1 La. Ann. 389 1846 0 Contracts, warranty, redhibition, quanti minoris, damages, recission Louisiana
Mercier v. Canonge 12 La. 385 1846 0 Successions, privileges, liquidation, community property, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Nance v. Powell 39 N.C. 297 1846 1 North Carolina
Riley v. Wilcox 12 La. 648 1846 0 Agency, property, sales, contracts, partition, employment, witness testimony, breach Louisiana
Lee v. Lee 1 La. Ann. 318 1846 0 Sales, conflict of laws, intervenor, witness testimony, interrogatories, property Louisiana
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Sequestration, property, privileges, successions, sales Louisiana
Haydel v. Roussel 1 La. Ann. 35 1846 0 Successions, tutorship, promissory notes, partition, sales, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Fuentes v. Caballero 1 La. Ann. 27 1846 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission, damages Louisiana
Rideau v. Bornet 1 La. Ann. 408 1846 0 Sales, damages, petitory action, fieri facias, sequestration Louisiana
Lefebvre v. De Montilly 1 La. Ann. 42 1846 0 Sales, property, fraud, res judicata Louisiana
Fernandez v. Bein 1 La. Ann. 32 1846 0 Sales, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, debts, emancipation, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Andrews' Adm'r v. Branch Bank at Mobile 10 Ala. 375 1846 1 Alabama
Adams v. Shelby 10 Ala. 478 1846 1 Alabama
Mims v. Mitchell 1 Tex. 443 1846 0 Action to recover cost of caring for slaves Texas
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana