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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Creditors of Spicer v. Spicer 21 Ga. 200 1857 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Dispute over Contract Alabama
Pope v. Tucker 23 Ga. 484 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Testaments, manumission, res judicata Louisiana
Harbour v. Scott 12 La. Ann. 152 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved persons Louisiana
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana
Crump v. Mitchell 34 Miss. 449 1857 0 Statute of limitations issue Mississippi
Kohlheim v. Harrison 34 Miss. 457 1857 0 Redemption of slaves held under mortgage Mississippi
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Lindsey v. Lindsey 34 Miss. 432 1857 0 Liability of vendor of enslaved man at auction for representation of bidders Mississippi
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Williams v. Cotten 56 N.C. 395 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Boyd v. Beck 29 Ala. 703 1857 0 Foreclosure of Mortgage on Personal Property Alabama
Whann v. Hufty 12 La. Ann. 280 1857 0 Property, seizure, attachments Louisiana
Love v. Wyatt 19 Tex. 312 1857 0 Petition to recover slave Texas
Theriet v. Voorhies 12 La. Ann. 852 1857 0 Tutorship, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Phipps v. Berger 12 La. Ann. 111 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana