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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Waples v. Aydelot 2 Del. Cas. 385 1818 0 Will transferance of enslaved individuals to children, grandchildren, and charity Delaware
Payne & Harrison v. Scott 14 La. Ann. 760 1859 0 Wills, tutorship, property Louisiana
Major v. Esneault 7 La. Ann. 51 1852 0 Wills, trusts, testamentary intent, property Louisiana
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 Wills, Trusts, and Estates United States
Estate of Hickman v. Boggus 14 La. Ann. 609 1859 0 Wills, Theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Rost v. Heirs of Doyal 15 La. Ann. 265 1860 0 Wills, testament freeing enslaved persons Louisiana
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Wills, successions, property, legacies Louisiana
Sarce v. Dunoyer's Executor 11 La. 220 1837 0 Wills, successions, emancipation Louisiana
Graves v. Graves 10 La. Ann. 212 1855 0 Wills, successions, donations Louisiana
Estate of Olivier 18 La. Ann. 594 1866 0 Wills, Secured Transactions Louisiana
Brown v. Brown 15 La. Ann. 169 1860 0 Wills, Sales, recovery of enslaved persons. Louisiana
Estate of West v. Estate of Hickman 14 La. Ann. 610 1859 0 Wills, Sales, recovery of enslaved persons. Louisiana
Wailes v. Daniell 14 La. Ann. 578 1859 0 Wills, sales Louisiana
Succession of Eubanks 9 La. Ann. 147 1854 0 Wills, revocation of wills Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 17 1841 0 Wills, recission, sales, domicil, personal jurisdiction, successions Louisiana
Garrard v. Reed 5 Rob. 506 1843 0 Wills, property, successions, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Succession of Wells 4 La. Ann. 522 1849 0 Wills, property, successions, conflict of laws, domicile Louisiana
Rhodes v. Hooper 6 La. Ann. 355 1851 0 Wills, property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Hall v. Hill 6 La. Ann. 745 1851 0 Wills, property, possessory action, sales Louisiana