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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McLenan v. Sullivan 13 Iowa 521 1862 1 Iowa
Pelton v. Prescott 13 Iowa 567 1862 1 Iowa
Smith v. Hewett 13 Iowa 94 1862 1 Iowa
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Bancroft v. Wardwell 13 Johns. 489 1816 1 New York
State v. Potter 13 Kan. 414 1874 1 Kansas
Tutt v. Ferguson 13 Kan. 45 1874 1 Kansas
Hunter's Adm'r v. Ferguson's Adm'r 13 Kan. 462 1874 1 Kansas
Taylor v. Hosick 13 Kan. 518 1874 1 Kansas
Thomas v. White 13 Ky. 177 1823 1 Kentucky
Goldsmith v. Cone 13 Ky. Op. 842 1886 1 Kentucky
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Partnerships, property, dissolution, partition Louisiana
Hiriart v. Roses 13 La. 126 1839 0 Sales, fraud, simulation, property, debts, obligations Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Parol evidence, sales, property, leases, seizure, damages, eviction, mortgages Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Property, sales, removal, fraud, mortgages, damages Louisiana
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Community property, property, sales, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana