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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hilliard v. Dortch 10 N.C. 246 1824 0 Property interests North Carolina
Villars v. Morgan 3 Mart. (n.s.) 529 1825 0 Property, injunction, sales, intervenor, obligations, promissory notes Louisiana
Chambers v. Wortham 7 La. Ann. 113 1852 0 Property, inheritence, sales, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Webster v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 719 1851 0 Property, inheritence, conflict of laws, donation mortis causa Louisiana
Lynch v. Heirs of Lynch 23 La. Ann. 242 1871 0 Property/Inheritance Louisiana
England v. Gripon 15 La. Ann. 304 1860 0 Property, Implied Warranty, Bailments Louisiana
Succession of Taylor 25 La. Ann. 446 1873 0 Property, Heir dispute Louisiana
Hernandez v. Garetage 4 Mart. (n.s.) 419 1826 0 Property, forced heir, successions, fraud, wills Louisiana
Daublin v. Mayor of New-Orleans 1 Mart. (o.s.) 185 1810 0 Property, eviction, municipal liability, nuisance Louisiana
Williams v. Springfield 15 La. Ann. 535 1860 0 Property, Estates, Marriage, Louisiana
Warfield v. Ravesies 38 Ala. 518 1863 0 Property estate dispute Alabama
Weedon v. Landreaux 26 La. Ann. 729 1874 0 Property - Equitable Estoppel Louisiana
Nelson v. Botts 16 La. 596 1840 0 Property, employment law, wages, sequestration Louisiana
Arbonneaux v. Letorey 6 Rob. 456 1844 0 Property, employment law, promissory notes, prescription, fraud Louisiana
Bonvillain v. Bourg 16 La. Ann. 363 1861 0 Property, Divorce, Contracts Louisiana
Johnston v. Johnston 13 La. Ann. 581 1858 0 Property (division of marital) Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Bond v. Baldwin 9 Ga. 9 1850 0 Property Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Walton 14 Ga. 185 1853 0 Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Trapnall v. Jordan 7 Ark. 430 1847 0 Property dispute Arkansas