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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burley v. Griffith 35 Va. 442 1836 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Henry v. Bollar 34 Va. 19 1836 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bowie v. Hunter 4 D.C. 699 1836 0 Declarations outside contract United States
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
Stewart's v. Jones 8 G. & J. 1 1836 0 Maryland
Handy v. Parkison 10 La. 92 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, privileges, damages, usufruct Louisiana
Ory's Syndics v. David 9 La. 59 1836 0 Syndic, property, debts, sales, redhibition, damages, mortgages, recission Louisiana
Berard v. Berard 9 La. 156 1836 0 Freedom suit, property, successions Louisiana
Brown v. Cobb 10 La. 172 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, debts, partition Louisiana
Ditch v. Wilkinson's Curator 10 La. 201 1836 0 Wages, duccessions, prescription, concubines Louisiana
Carlin v. Harding 10 La. 223 1836 0 Promissory notes, endorsements, mortgages Louisiana
Hutchings v. Field 10 La. 237 1836 0 Petitory action, damages, sales, warranty, property, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Montgomery v. Russell 10 La. 330 1836 0 Bonds, suretyship, seizure, libel, conflict of laws, property, privileges, sales Louisiana
Macarty v. Bond's Administrator 9 La. 351 1836 0 Sales, property, successions, damages, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Montreuil v. Pierre 9 La. 356 1836 0 Successions, property, wills, capacity, emancipation, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 9 La. 488 1836 0 Successions, wills, sales, emancipation Louisiana
German v. Gay 9 La. 580 1836 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, partition, warranty, peremptory exemption, petitory action Louisiana
Keys v. Powell 9 La. 572 1836 0 Petitory action, sales, consideration, parol evidence Louisiana
Poydras v. Mourain 9 La. 492 1836 0 Successions, wills, sales, property, emancipation, obligations Louisiana
Marie Louise v. Marot 9 La. 473 1836 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, damages Louisiana