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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Sales, emancipation, property Louisiana
State v. Hollin 12 La. Ann. 677 1856 1 Louisiana
Gautt v. Gautt 12 La. Ann. 673 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, consideration, prescription Louisiana
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Sale of enslaved person, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Hayes v. Clarke 12 La. Ann. 666 1856 0 Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lambert v. King 12 La. Ann. 662 1856 0 Contracts, mistreatment of enslaved persons Louisiana
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, Runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana
Scott, Carhart & Co. v. Jackson 12 La. Ann. 640 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Holland v. Miller 12 La. Ann. 624 1857 0 Consideration, judgment made on insane person, recovery for enslaved persons, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
Hollomon v. Hollomon 12 La. Ann. 607 1857 0 Forced heirs, property, partition Louisiana
Chamberlain v. Chamberlain 12 La. Ann. 60 1857 1 Louisiana
Clement v. Wafer 12 La. Ann. 599 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, creditor's rights, marital property Louisiana
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Murder, excecution, retroactivity Louisiana
Succession of Wilson 12 La. Ann. 591 1857 0 Property, wills, fraudulent administration Louisiana
Alexander v. Alexander 12 La. Ann. 588 1857 0 Sales of enslaved persons, wills Louisiana
Edwards v. Glasson 12 La. Ann. 586 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana