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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mims v. Mitchell 1 Tex. 443 1846 0 Action to recover cost of caring for slaves Texas
Foster v. Ferguson 1 La. Ann. 262 1846 0 Community property, conflict of laws, usufruct, successions, capacity, tutorship Louisiana
Bornet v. Davis 1 La. Ann. 339 1846 0 Freedom suit, damages, sales, warranty, litigious rights Louisiana
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Josephine v. Poultney 1 La. Ann. 329 1846 0 Conflict of laws, freedom suit Louisiana
Duval v. Ardrey 1 La. Ann. 243 1846 0 Tutorship, mortgages, property, leases, obligations, fraud, intervenor, debts Louisiana
Pralon v. Aymard 12 La. 487 1846 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Dodson v. Harris 10 Ala. 566 1846 1 Alabama
Copley v. Lambeth 1 La. Ann. 316 1846 0 Sales, bonds, suretyship, litigious rights Louisiana
Doriocourt v. Jacobs 1 La. Ann. 214 1846 0 Successions, wills, executor, prescription, privileges Louisiana
Lee v. Lee 1 La. Ann. 318 1846 0 Sales, conflict of laws, intervenor, witness testimony, interrogatories, property Louisiana
Carville v. Stout 10 Ala. 796 1846 1 Alabama
Beaumon v. Thomas 1 La. Ann. 284 1846 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, privileges, sequestration, pledges, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Copley v. Ross 1 La. Ann. 310 1846 0 Seizure, property, damages, slander, sales Louisiana
Lacoste v. Sellick 1 La. Ann. 336 1846 0 Torts, negligence, obligations, property, partnerships, contracts Louisiana
Spurlock v. Mainer 1 La. Ann. 301 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, hypothecary action, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Hunter v. Whitworth 9 Ala. 965 1846 1 Alabama
Collier v. His Creditors 12 La. 398 1846 0 Mortgages, property, seizure, sales, promissory notes, prescription, privileges Louisiana
Chabert v. Beard 12 La. 397 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Mercier v. Canonge 12 La. 385 1846 0 Successions, privileges, liquidation, community property, sales, tutorship Louisiana