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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lawes v. Chinn 4 Mart. (n.s.) 388 1826 0 Sales, injunction, capacity, property, debts, mortgages Louisiana
Havard v. Stone 5 Mart. (n.s.) 126 1826 0 Debts, injunction, conflict of laws Louisiana
Clark's Heirs v. Barham's Heirs 4 Mart. (n.s.) 411 1826 0 Successions, wills, prescription, property Louisiana
Hernandez v. Garetage 4 Mart. (n.s.) 419 1826 0 Property, forced heir, successions, fraud, wills Louisiana
Harris' Tutor v. M'Kee 4 Mart. (n.s.) 485 1826 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Williams v. Horton 4 Mart. (n.s.) 464 1826 0 Successions, property, sales, forced heirs, donations, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 5 Mart. (n.s.) 145 1826 0 Wages, petitory action Louisiana
White v. Cumming 5 Mart. (n.s.) 199 1826 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 5 Mart. (n.s.) 162 1826 0 Wages, sales Louisiana
Wright v. Harman 5 Mart. (n.s.) 235 1826 0 Criminal prosecution, sequestration, liability Louisiana
Norwood v. Green 5 Mart. (n.s.) 175 1826 0 Sales, successions, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Overton v. Archinard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 207 1826 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions, syndic, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Bayon v. Towles 5 Mart. (n.s.) 1 1826 0 Promissory notes, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, warranty, mortgages Louisiana
Adams v. Gaynard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 248 1826 0 Petitory action, debts, promissory notes, witness testimony, best evidence rule, subrogation, sales Louisiana
Bray v. Cumming 5 Mart. (n.s.) 252 1826 0 Trespass, theft, property, sales, parold evidence, donations, prescription Louisiana
Castleman v. Stone 5 Mart. (n.s.) 282 1826 0 Partnerships, sales, liability, contracts, witness testimony Louisiana
Copelle v. Dalton 4 Mart. (n.s.) 123 1826 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
William v. Van Zandt 3 D.C. 55 1826 0 Freedom Petition United States
Moore v. Moore 11 N.C. 358 1826 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Fox v. Lambson 8 N.J.L. 339 1826 0 Valididity of slave as witness New Jersey