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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Morgan v. Republic of Texas 2 Tex. 279 1847 0 Replevsion for slave Texas
Perot v. Chambers 2 La. Ann. 800 1847 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, fieri facias, privileges, recordation Louisiana
Cavelier v. Moss 2 La. Ann. 584 1847 0 Title, prescription, sales, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, eviction Louisiana
Hynson v. Meuillon 2 La. Ann. 798 1847 0 Damages, property, seizure, criminal law, liability Louisiana
Harvey v. Kendall 2 La. Ann. 748 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Pahnvitz v. Fassman 2 La. Ann. 625 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty, newly discovered evidence, witness testimony Louisiana
Sanders v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 393 1847 0 Community property, seizure, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 2 La. Ann. 480 1847 0 Promissory notes, sales, community property, debts, deeds, simulation, fraud, suretyship Louisiana
Farrar v. Rowly 2 La. Ann. 475 1847 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, community property, stocks, seizure, sales, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Dwight v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 459 1847 0 Sales, freedom suit, eviction, seizure, bonds, obligations Louisiana
Richardson v. Pumphrey 2 La. Ann. 448 1847 0 Partnerships, fraud, contracts, damges, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Freeman v. Stacy 2 La. Ann. 615 1847 0 Title, leases, sales, litigious rights, property, fieri facias Louisiana
Copley v. Moody 2 La. Ann. 487 1847 0 Sales, property, title, seizure, mortgages, litigious rights Louisiana
Stroud v. Humble 2 La. Ann. 930 1847 0 Seizure, damages, community property, successions, debts, sales, mortgages, promissory notes, partition Louisiana
Rowly v. Kemp 2 La. Ann. 360 1847 0 Fieri facias, damages, sales, property, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Osburn v. Planters Bank 2 La. Ann. 494 1847 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, community property, agency, res judicata, issue preclusion, bankruptcy, Louisiana
Crawford v. Jones 2 La. Ann. 826 1847 0 Mortgages, sequestration, property, witness testimony Louisiana
Girard v. City of New Orleans 2 La. Ann. 897 1847 0 Property, successions, wills, usufruct, service, power of attorney, capacity Louisiana
Legg v. McNeill 2 Tex. 428 1847 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Brewer v. West 2 Tex. 376 1847 0 Action for payment of slave Texas