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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Conversion, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Succession of Connolly 6 La. Ann. 795 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Bowles v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 679 1851 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, subrogation, privileges, sales Louisiana
Murphy v. Mutual Benefit Life & Fire Insurance 6 La. Ann. 518 1851 0 Life insurance Louisiana
Badillo v. Tio 6 La. Ann. 129 1851 0 Sales, emancipation, property, successions, legitimacy, alimony Louisiana
Rhodes v. Hooper 6 La. Ann. 355 1851 0 Wills, property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Lombard v. Jacobs 6 La. Ann. 396 1851 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Executors of Haggerty v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 533 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Aubert v. Aubert 6 La. Ann. 104 1851 0 Wills, capacity, parol evidence, form requirements Louisiana
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Sales, prescription, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Sargent v. Slatter 6 La. Ann. 72 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, prescription, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana
Bishop's Heirs v. Hampton 19 Ala. 792 1851 1 Alabama
Williams v. Hayes 5 How. Pr. 470 1851 1 New York
State v. Cheek 35 N.C. 114 1851 1 North Carolina
Jordan v. Brunough 11 Ark. 702 1851 1 Arkansas
Wilson v. Doster 42 N.C. 231 1851 1 North Carolina
Glenn v. Thistle 23 Miss. 42 1851 1 Mississippi
Lawrence v. Hand 23 Miss. 103 1851 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Martin's Ex'rs 18 Ala. 819 1851 1 Alabama
Dwyer v. Cane 6 La. Ann. 707 1851 0 Employment law Louisiana