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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Terrio v. Guidry 5 La. 589 1850 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages, judicial sale, prescription Louisiana
Sears v. Wilson 5 La. 689 1850 0 Possessory action, sequestration, adverse possession, successions Louisiana
Broussard v. Dugas 5 La. 585 1850 0 Marital property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
McIlvaine v. Armfield 5 La. 302 1850 0 Successions, partnerships, property, leases Louisiana
Bryan v. Dubois 5 La. 17 1850 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, parol evidence Louisiana
McCleland v. Bideman 5 La. 563 1850 0 Successions, sales, marital property Louisiana
Dupre v. Prescott 5 La. 592 1850 0 Successions, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Joor v. Sullivan 5 La. 177 1850 0 Judicial seizure, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Yates v. Phipps 5 La. 124 1850 0 Judicial seizure, sales, mortgages, property Louisiana
Mary v. Brown 5 La. 269 1850 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws Louisiana
Sittig v. Morgan 5 La. 574 1850 0 Judicial sale, mortgages, privileges, property Louisiana
Maxwell v. Mallard 5 La. 702 1850 0 Property, sales, simulation Louisiana
Dean v. Clarke 5 La. 105 1850 0 Sales, promisorry notes, redhibition, agency, reconvential demand Louisiana
Syndics of Dunbar v. Woods 5 La. 135 1850 0 Promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, fraud, damages, parol evidence, paternships, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Bailment, torts Louisiana
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Doe ex dem. Boyd v. Latham 44 N.C. 365 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 Slave (Property) Entailment General Ct. of VA