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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Copelle v. Dalton 4 Mart. (n.s.) 123 1826 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Gardere v. Foucher 4 Mart. (n.s.) 352 1826 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Lawes v. Chinn 4 Mart. (n.s.) 388 1826 0 Sales, injunction, capacity, property, debts, mortgages Louisiana
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Recovery for wages SC of New York
Tanner v. Robert 5 Mart. (n.s.) 255 1826 0 Property, successions, community property, partitions, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bayon v. Towles 5 Mart. (n.s.) 1 1826 0 Promissory notes, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, warranty, mortgages Louisiana
Elliot v. Cox 5 Mart. (n.s.) 285 1826 0 Suretyships, injunction, subrogation, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, seizure, property, parol evidence Louisiana
Williams v. Horton 4 Mart. (n.s.) 464 1826 0 Successions, property, sales, forced heirs, donations, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Balfour v. Chew 4 Mart. (n.s.) 154 1826 0 Seizure, sales, injunction, property, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Dreux v. His Creditors 4 Mart. (n.s.) 629 1826 0 Successions, syndic, mortgages, privileges, property Louisiana
Shelby v. Guy 24 U.S. 361 1826 0 Wills & Estates United States
Rogers v. Wilson 1 Minor 407 1826 0 Assault and False Imprisonment Alabama
Byrd v. Bowie 5 Mart. (n.s.) 201 1826 0 Promissory notes, obligations, delivery, sales, property, consideration Louisiana
Bray v. Cumming 5 Mart. (n.s.) 252 1826 0 Trespass, theft, property, sales, parold evidence, donations, prescription Louisiana
United States v. Calvin 2 D.C. 640 1826 0 Procedure United States
Stafford v. Stafford 5 Mart. (n.s.) 162 1826 0 Wages, sales Louisiana
Hernandez v. Garetage 4 Mart. (n.s.) 419 1826 0 Property, forced heir, successions, fraud, wills Louisiana
Overton v. Archinard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 207 1826 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions, syndic, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
United States v. Williams 3 D.C. 65 1826 0 Aiding and Abedding escase of a female slave. United States
Douglass v. Curtis 5 Mart. (n.s.) 112 1826 0 Successions, promissory notes, debts, privileges, property, mortgages, sales, discussion, seizure Louisiana