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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Parol evidence, sales, property, leases, seizure, damages, eviction, mortgages Louisiana
Rochelle v. Alvarez 4 La. 218 1832 0 Parol evidence, sales Louisiana
Lewis v. Peets 10 La. Ann. 489 1855 0 Parol evidence, redhibition, sales Louisiana
Escurieux v. Chapduc 4 Rob. 323 1843 0 Parol evidence, property, seizure, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 3 La. Ann. 280 1848 0 Parol evidence, property, debts, promissory notes, conflict of laws, consideration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Lee v. Ramsay 1 D.C. 435 1807 0 Parol Evidence/gifts/'detinue' United States
Victoire v. Dussuau 4 Mart. (o.s.) 212 1816 0 Parol evidence, contracts, witness testimony, emancipation, freedom suit, capacity, property Louisiana
Newsom v. Adams 2 La. 153 1831 0 Parol evidence, conflict of laws Louisiana
Love v. Buchanan 40 Miss. 758 1866 0 Parol evidence and construction of heirs in last will and testament Mississippi
United States v. Thomas 2 D.C. 36 1811 0 Parol Evidence United States
United States v. Carrico 2 D.C. 110 1815 0 Parol Evidence United States
Walter & Smith v. Hoffman & Johnson 2 D.C. 651 1826 0 Parol Evidence United States
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 Parol Evidence United States
In re Last Will & Testament & Estate of Dunn v. Reilly 784 So. 2d 935 2001 1 parol ev. Mississippi
Anding v. Davis 38 Miss. 574 1860 0 Parole creation of trust Mississippi
June v. Myers 12 Fla. 310 1868 0 Ownership of Slaves in Defendant's Possession Supreme Court of FL
Falconer v. Holland 13 Miss. 689 1846 0 Ownership of property dispute Mississippi
Ross v. Garey 8 Miss. 47 1843 0 Ownership of property dispute Mississippi
Lyon v. Knott 26 Miss. 548 1853 0 Ownership of enslaved persons Mississippi
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi