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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
In re the Tutorship of the Minor Davis 22 La. Ann. 497 1870 0 Marriage, heirs Louisiana
Healy v. Rowan 46 Va. 414 1849 0 Marriage & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Prather v. Burgess 5 D.C. 376 1837 0 Marriage/Divorce United States
Mehle v. Lapeyrollerie 16 La. Ann. 4 1861 0 Marriage, Divorce Louisiana
Succession of Wilder 22 La. Ann. 219 1870 0 Marriage contract, property Louisiana
Montfort v. Husband 4 Rob. 453 1843 0 Marriage, community property, sales, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Berry v. Executors of M'Allister 1 N.C. 100 1800 0 Marriage & Cohabitation North Carolina
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Marriage between 2 slaves SC of New York
Blake v. Irwin 3 Ga. 345 1847 0 Marriage and will Supreme Court of Georgia
Lott v. Meacham 4 Fla. 144 1851 0 Marital Rights to the Recovery of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Land v. Land 22 Miss. 99 1850 0 Marital rights to property Mississippi
Williams v. Avery 38 Ala. 115 1861 0 Marital rights dispute Alabama
Fillyau v. Laverty 3 Fla. 72 1850 0 Marital Responsabilities to Partnership Debts Supreme Court of FL
Dosson v. Bieller 10 La. Ann. 570 1855 0 Marital property, wills, seizure Louisiana
Longino v. Blackstone 4 La. Ann. 513 1849 0 Marital property, wills, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Connor's Widow v. Administrators of Connor 10 La. Ann. 440 1855 0 Marital property, wills, conflict of laws Louisiana
Young v. Templeton 4 La. Ann. 254 1849 0 Marital property, trusts, conflict of laws, property, recordation, conveyance, fraud Louisiana
Bass v. Larche 7 La. Ann. 104 1852 0 Marital property, successions Louisiana
Landry v. Marchais 6 La. Ann. 87 1851 0 Marital property, simulations, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Arendell v. Arendell 10 La. Ann. 566 1855 0 Marital property, sequestration, sales Louisiana