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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Riley v. Wilcox 12 La. 648 1846 0 Agency, property, sales, contracts, partition, employment, witness testimony, breach Louisiana
Peytavin v. Hopkins 6 Mart. (o.s.) 256 1819 0 Agency, partneships, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, evidence Louisiana
Clay v. Ballard 9 Rob. 308 1844 0 Agency, obligations, contracts, simulation, conflict of laws, consideration, res judicata Louisiana
Dickinson v. Goodin 5 Rob. 122 1843 0 Agency, mandates, redhibition, sales, obligations, property Louisiana
Gray v. Reardon 2 D.C. 219 1820 0 Agency Law United States
Travis v. Claiborne 19 Va. 435 1817 0 Agency ? SC of Appeals VA
Daniel v. Kincheloe 2 D.C. 295 1822 0 Agency United States
Arambula v. Atwell 948 S.W.2d 173 1998 2 agency Missouri
Redi-Floors, Inc. v. Sonenberg Co. 254 Ga. App. 615 2002 1 agency Georgia
Carpenter v. Bridges 32 Miss. 265 1856 0 Affect of posession of mortgaged property on presumption of payment Mississippi
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Smith v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 696 1849 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 593 1850 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Mercein v. Burton 17 Tex. 206 1856 0 Adverse possession of slave claim Texas
Lockhart v. Luker 36 Miss. 68 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave by defendant Mississippi
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave Mississippi
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Curtis v. Daniel 23 Ark. 362 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Morine v. Wilson ad. 19 Ark. 520 1858 0 Adverse possession of enslaved person Arkansas