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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McGuire v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 462 1872 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave Mississippi
State v. Borroum 1 Mor. St. Cas. 638 1872 0 Answering a charge of buying and selling slaves without authority Mississippi
Garrard v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 657 1872 0 Sale of liquor to an enslaved person without consent of the master Mississippi
Guier v. Guier 7 La. Ann. 103 1852 0 Sales, successions, property, usufruct Louisiana
Ray v. Harris 7 La. Ann. 138 1852 0 Sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Waddil v. Thompson 7 La. Ann. 592 1852 0 Possessory action, successions, legal representatives Louisiana
Stackhouse v. Kendall 7 La. Ann. 670 1852 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Dupuy v. Bemiss 2 La. Ann. 509 1847 0 Successions, seizure, property, sales, mortgages, debts, fraud, simulation, privileges Louisiana
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Mortgages, sales, possessory action Louisiana
Morris v. Williams 6 La. Ann. 391 1851 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Bach v. Abbott 6 La. Ann. 809 1851 0 Sales, mandates, mortgages, promissory notes, simulation Louisiana
Lambert v. King 12 La. Ann. 662 1856 0 Contracts, mistreatment of enslaved persons Louisiana
Reed v. Crocker 12 La. Ann. 436 1857 0 Wills, property, forced heirs Louisiana
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
Haynes v. Courtney 15 La. Ann. 630 1860 0 Property, Secured Transactions Louisiana
Taylor, Hadden & Co. v. Pearce 15 La. Ann. 564 1860 0 Hypothecary Action, Mortgage, Property, Louisiana
Ranlett v. Constance 15 La. Ann. 423 1860 0 Remedies, fraud, property, consideration, Secured transactions, debt, Louisiana
Morris v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 404 1860 0 Sale of enslaved person, promissory notes, "defective" slave Louisiana
Watson v. James 15 La. Ann. 386 1860 0 Promissory Notes, Property, Sales, Louisiana
Palfrey v. His Creditors 8 La. 276 1835 0 Syndic, mortgages, privileges, sales, debts, property Louisiana