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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Damages, injunction, property, sales, promissory notes, contracts, res judicata, privileges Louisiana
Meunier v. Duperron 3 Mart. (o.s.) 285 1814 0 Damages, indemnification, trespass, torts, runaway enslaved person, fraud, criminal law Louisiana
Irish v. Wright 8 Rob. 428 1844 0 Damages, fraud, debts, service Louisiana
Mitchel v. Jewell 1 Mart. (n.s.) 87 1823 0 Damages, fraud, community property, res judicata, prescription, redhibition Louisiana
Blakely's v. Duncan 4 Tex. 92 1849 0 Damages for wrongful detention of slave Texas
McDaniel v. Crabtree 21 Ark. 431 1860 0 Damages for seizure of enslaved persons Arkansas
Myers v. Gilbert 18 Ala. 467 1850 0 Damages for Loss of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Alabama & Tennessee Rivers Railroad v. Burke 27 Ala. 535 1855 0 Damages for Loss of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Turner's Admrs. v. Herron 34 Miss. 460 1857 0 Damages for fraudulent removal of slaves Mississippi
Scranton v. Tilley 16 Tex. 183 1856 0 Damages for breach of warranty Texas
Escurix v. Daboval 13 La. 87 1839 0 Damages, false imprisonment, seizure, sales, debts, privileges Louisiana
Key v. Walker 7 La. 297 1834 0 Damages, eviction, property, seizure, sales, mortgages, warranty Louisiana
Roebuck v. Curry 2 La. Ann. 998 1847 0 Damages, batteryk witness testimony, criminal law, emancipation Louisiana
Langlish v. Schons 5 Mart. (o.s.) 405 1818 0 Damages, agency, fraud, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Palfrey v. Kerr 8 Mart. (n.s.) 503 1830 0 Damages, agency, employment, partnerships Louisiana
Hardwick v. Hook 8 Ga. 354 1850 0 Custody of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Custody of body SC of PA.
Rutledge's Adm'r v. Townsend, Crane & Co. 38 Ala. 706 1863 0 Custody dispute Alabama
Wells v. Roach 10 La. Ann. 543 1855 0 Curatorship, successions, marital property, debts Louisiana
Stephens v. Graves 9 La. Ann. 239 1854 0 Curatorship, sales,redhibition, property, contracts, vices Louisiana