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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Michel v. Dolliole 1 La. Ann. 459 1846 0 Emancipation, successions, sales, property, delivery Louisiana
Meacham v. Williams 9 Ala. 842 1846 0 Possession of Enslaved Person in Gift Alabama
Wheeler v. Stone 4 Gill 38 1846 0 Maryland
Riley v. Wilcox 12 La. 648 1846 0 Agency, property, sales, contracts, partition, employment, witness testimony, breach Louisiana
Grand Gulf Railroad & Banking v. Stanbrough 1 La. Ann. 261 1846 0 Promissory notes, consideration, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Lefebvre v. De Montilly 1 La. Ann. 42 1846 0 Sales, property, fraud, res judicata Louisiana
Lebœuf v. Merle 1 La. Ann. 144 1846 0 Subgrogation, fieri facias, seizure, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, community property, suretyship, bonds, warranty Louisiana
Adle v. Metoyer 1 La. Ann. 254 1846 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, damages, suretyship, obligations, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Blakey v. Heirs of Blakey 9 Ala. 391 1846 0 Dipsute over Will Alabama
Foster v. Ferguson 1 La. Ann. 262 1846 0 Community property, conflict of laws, usufruct, successions, capacity, tutorship Louisiana
Jorda v. Lewis 1 La. Ann. 59 1846 0 Fieri facias, seizure, damages, consideration, property, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Baudoin v. Nicolas 12 La. 594 1846 0 Privileges, property, seizure, sales, witness testimony Louisiana
Sutherland v. DeLeon 1 Tex. 250 1846 1 Texas
Watt v. Rice 1 La. Ann. 280 1846 0 Promissory notes, contracts, community property, successions, smancipation, conflict of laws, consideration Louisiana
Eddings v. Long 10 Ala. 203 1846 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
McFarlane v. Richardson 1 La. Ann. 12 1846 0 Mortgages, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Copley v. Ross 1 La. Ann. 310 1846 0 Seizure, property, damages, slander, sales 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