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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins v. Sears 3 Gill 492 1846 1 Maryland
Coale v. Smith 4 Pa. 376 1846 1 Pennsylvania
Perry v. Randolph 14 Miss. 335 1846 1 Mississippi
Wilson v. Bank of Orleans 9 Ala. 847 1846 1 Alabama
Martin v. Clinton Bank 14 Ohio 199 1846 1 Ohio
Pierpont v. Fowle 19 F. Cas. 652 1846 1 United States
Hutchison v. Rust 43 Va. 394 1846 1 Virginia
Harnsberger's Ex'or v. Geiger's Adm'r 44 Va. 144 1846 1 Virginia
Doriocourt v. Jacobs 1 La. Ann. 214 1846 0 Successions, wills, executor, prescription, privileges Louisiana
Miller v. Andrus 1 La. Ann. 237 1846 0 Successions, donation inter vivos, property, obligations Louisiana
Grand Gulf Railroad & Banking v. Stanbrough 1 La. Ann. 261 1846 0 Promissory notes, consideration, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Jorda v. Lewis 1 La. Ann. 59 1846 0 Fieri facias, seizure, damages, consideration, property, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Foster v. Ferguson 1 La. Ann. 262 1846 0 Community property, conflict of laws, usufruct, successions, capacity, tutorship Louisiana
Mercier v. Canonge 12 La. 385 1846 0 Successions, privileges, liquidation, community property, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Farrar 1 La. Ann. 49 1846 0 Bonds, mortgages, community property, contracts, capacity, obligations Louisiana
Copley v. Ross 1 La. Ann. 310 1846 0 Seizure, property, damages, slander, sales Louisiana
Duval v. Ardrey 1 La. Ann. 243 1846 0 Tutorship, mortgages, property, leases, obligations, fraud, intervenor, debts Louisiana
Beaumon v. Thomas 1 La. Ann. 284 1846 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, privileges, sequestration, pledges, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bohr v. Steamboat Baton Rouge 15 Miss. 715 1846 1 Mississippi