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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
McCay v. Chambliss 12 La. Ann. 412 1857 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Wartelle v. Hudson 8 La. Ann. 486 1852 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, property, obligations Louisiana
Amis v. Bank of Kentucky 8 La. Ann. 441 1853 0 Property, sales Louisiana
Gautt v. Gautt 12 La. Ann. 673 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, consideration, prescription Louisiana
Lee v. Whitehead 8 La. Ann. 81 1853 0 Sales, simulation, judicial sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Peacock v. Chapman 8 La. Ann. 87 1853 0 Sales, suretyship, mortgages, subrogation Louisiana
Adams v. Routh 8 La. Ann. 121 1853 0 Emancipation, donations, property, wills Louisiana
Hebert v. Doussan 8 La. Ann. 267 1853 0 Sales, property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Chauvin v. Chaiz 8 La. Ann. 397 1853 0 Sales, property, judicial seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 8 La. Ann. 460 1853 0 Emancipation, wills Louisiana
Wilson v. Imboden 8 La. Ann. 140 1853 0 Estates, property Louisiana
State v. Kentuck 8 La. Ann. 308 1853 0 Criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Bennet v. Starnes 8 La. Ann. 77 1853 0 Judicial seizure, unpaid wages, property Louisiana
Succession of Cresswell 8 La. Ann. 122 1853 0 Emancipation, wills, property Louisiana
Robatham v. Tete 8 La. Ann. 73 1853 0 Mortgages, successions, property, privileges Louisiana
Haynes v. Forno 8 La. Ann. 35 1853 0 Emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Kennedy v. Beaseley 8 La. Ann. 88 1853 0 Sales, successions, contract Louisiana
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Mortgages, judicial seizure, property Louisiana
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana