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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Roussel v. Dukeylus' Syndics 4 Mart. (o.s.) 218 1816 0 Mortgages, trusts, fraud, sales, promissory notes, contracts, debts Louisiana
Smock v. Warford 4 N.J.L. 306 1816 Recovery of debt New Jersey
Labranche v. Watkins 4 Mart. (o.s.) 391 1816 0 Runaway enslaved person, sales, petitory action, evidence, prescription, fraud Louisiana
Carrington v. Anderson 19 Va. 32 1816 1 Virginia
Littlejohn v. Underhill's Executor 5 N.C. 574 1816 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Britton v. Browne 5 N.C. 447 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
Warners v. Mason 19 Va. 242 1816 1 Virginia
Dussuau's Syndics v. Bredeaux 4 Mart. (o.s.) 450 1816 0 Syndic, successions, property, privileges, sales, evidence, disavowal Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Selden 19 Va. 160 1816 1 Virginia
White v. Holsten 4 Mart. (o.s.) 471 1816 0 Property, successions, forced heirs, legitimacy, wills, parol evidence, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana
Coleson v. Blanton 4 Tenn. 153 1816 1 Tennessee
White v. Cox 4 Tenn. 80 1816 1 Tennessee
Victoire v. Dussuau 4 Mart. (o.s.) 212 1816 0 Parol evidence, contracts, witness testimony, emancipation, freedom suit, capacity, property Louisiana
Nichols v. Palmer 5 N.C. 436 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dunwoodie's Ex'ors v. Carrington 5 N.C. 469 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cotten v. Powell 5 N.C. 431 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Johnson v. Boon's Heirs 4 Mart. (o.s.) 380 1816 0 Successions, privileges, debts, legitimacy, property Louisiana
Baron v. Phelan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 88 1816 0 Debts, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, privileges, damages, seizure, mortgages, restitution Louisiana
Beard v. Poydras 4 Mart. (o.s.) 348 1816 0 Property, wills, capacity, witness testimony, emancipation, parol evidence, intestacy, sales Louisiana
Slocum v. Wheeler 1 Conn. 429 1816 1 Connecticut