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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Erwin v. Jones 5 La. 344 1833 0 Mortgages, sequestration, privileges, property Louisiana
Richardson v. Scott 6 La. 54 1833 0 Possessory action, successions, property Louisiana
Wyatt v. Greer 4 Stew. & P. 318 1833 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Caldwell v. Wallace 4 Stew. & P. 282 1833 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Harrison v. Faulk 6 La. 80 1833 0 Sales, property, contracts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Adams v. Ryder 5 La. 261 1833 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, damages Louisiana
Melancon's Widow v. His Executor 6 La. 105 1833 0 Successions, property, community property, debts, wills Louisiana
Armistead v. Bowden 5 La. 263 1833 0 Intervenor, property, sales, delivery, recordation, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Davidson v. Buel 5 La. 491 1833 0 Property, syndic, sales, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Swindler v. Peyroux 5 La. 468 1833 0 Successions, mortgages, property, sales, community property, damages, injunction, promissory notes, partnerships, debts Louisiana
Lyles v. Martin 5 La. 113 1833 0 Contracts, recission, successions, legitimacy, usufruct, property Louisiana
Moffat v. Vion 5 La. 346 1833 0 Theft, criminal law, damages, liability Louisiana
Myers v. Slack 5 La. 53 1833 0 Torts, employment, contracts, negligence Louisiana
Pemberton v. Zacharie 5 La. 310 1833 0 Promissory notes, obligations, sales, property, debts, contracts, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Hebert v. Joly 5 La. 50 1833 0 Injunctions, sales, subrogation, mortgages, res judicata, suretyship, fraud, damages Louisiana
M'Donough v. Zacharie 5 La. 247 1833 0 Seizure, sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, partition, successions, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Donavan v. Mooney 5 La. 57 1833 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Deslonde v. Le Breret 5 La. 96 1833 0 Torts, murder, agency, property, theft Louisiana
Deslondes v. Wilson 5 La. 397 1833 0 Theft, agency, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Johnston v. Sims 4 Stew. & P. 330 1833 0 Conversion action of a enslaved person Alabama