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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins v. McDonough 2 Mart. (o.s.) 154 1812 0 Warranty, statute of frauds, sales, convenant, parol evidence Louisiana
State v. Cecil 2 Mart. (o.s.) 208 1812 0 Witness testimony, emancipation, conflict of laws, evidence Louisiana
Flotte v. Aubert 2 Mart. (o.s.) 329 1812 0 Petitory action, sales, property, covenants, warranty, damages Louisiana
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Sales, property, community property, renunciation, contracts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Poutz v. Duplantier 2 Mart. (o.s.) 331 1812 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, seizure, debts, fieri facias, privileges, mortgages, suretyship Louisiana
Orleans Navigation Co. v. Mayor of New-Orleans 2 Mart. (o.s.) 214 1812 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
Jacob v. Ursuline Nuns 2 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1812 0 Emancipation, donations, contracts, corporations, property, subpoena duces tecum, evidence, wills Louisiana
Macarty's Case 2 Mart. (o.s.) 279 1812 0 Insurrection, habeas corpus, criminal law, grand jury Louisiana
Tonnelier v. Maurin's Ex'r 2 Mart. (o.s.) 206 1812 0 Successions, evidence, wages Louisiana
Delahaye v. Pellerin 2 Mart. (o.s.) 142 1812 0 Damages, petitory action, res judicata Louisiana
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Custody of body SC of PA.
Kingsley v. Bill 9 Mass. 197 1812 1 Massachusetts
Mayo v. Purcell 17 Va. 243 1812 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Jones 3 Va. 270 1812 1 Virginia
Gilpin v. Vincent 9 Johns. 219 1812 0 Recovery for illegally selling a slave SC of New York
Hopkins v. Fleet 9 Johns. 225 1812 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Boykin's Devisees v. Smith 17 Va. 102 1812 1 Virginia
Houton v. Holliday 6 N.C. 111 1812 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Wright v. Hencock 17 Va. 521 1812 1 Virginia