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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 209 1816 0 Sales, contracts, redhibition, breach, recission, recordation, damages, property Louisiana
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Holmes v. Dabbs 15 La. Ann. 501 1860 0 Heirs, Property, Debts Louisiana
Pierse v. Amonett 2 La. Ann. 357 1847 0 Possessory action, sales, seizure, suretyship Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Montgomery v. Chaney 13 La. Ann. 207 1858 0 Forced heirs, sales, simulated contract, undue influence Louisiana
Bullard v. Phillips 3 La. 151 1831 0 Sales, possessory action, sequestration, mortgages, debts, successions, partition, property Louisiana
Succession of Ewing v. Altmeyer 15 La. Ann. 416 1860 0 Family law, divorce, property, wills Louisiana
Dugas v. Gilbeau 15 La. Ann. 581 1860 0 Wills, Property, Debts Louisiana
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, community property, damages Louisiana
Pagett v. Curtis 15 La. Ann. 451 1860 0 Wills, Dispute over true ownership of enslaved persons, Louisiana
Carreta v. Lopez 15 La. Ann. 64 1860 0 Wills, property Louisiana
Quigly v. Muse 15 La. Ann. 197 1860 0 Donations inter vivos Louisiana
Hopkins v. Lacouture 4 La. 64 1832 0 Sales, recordation, debts, property, mortgages Louisiana
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Fee simple, Estates, sales, bailments Louisiana
H. Kendall Carter & Co. v. Lewis 15 La. Ann. 574 1860 0 Property, Sequestrian Louisiana
Leflore v. Carson 7 La. Ann. 65 1852 0 Privileges, mortgages, property, obligations, partnerships, partition, promissory notes Louisiana
McCutcheon v. McCutcheon 15 La. Ann. 511 1860 0 Wills, Property, Heirs Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, property, contracts Louisiana
Towles v. Conrad 3 Rob. 69 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, parol evidence Louisiana