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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Thomas v. Generis 16 La. 483 1840 0 Freedom suit, sales, property, conflict of laws, emancipation Louisiana
Benson v. Mathews 7 La. 356 1834 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, seizure, fieri facias Louisiana
Guilliet v. Erwin 7 La. 580 1835 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, prescription Louisiana
Cable v. Syndic of Hazleton's Estate 4 La. 560 1832 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, property, syndic, community property, sales, privileges Louisiana
Hynes v. Kirkman 4 La. 47 1832 0 Property, witness testimony, wages, termination, theft, confession, damages, torts, criminal law Louisiana
Le Blanc v. His Creditors 16 La. 120 1840 0 Mortgages, property, debts, successions, syndic, privileges, tutorship Louisiana
Hoover v. Glasscock 16 La. 242 1840 0 Tutorship, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, laches, contracts, obligations Louisiana
Mahle v. Terry 16 La. 248 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure Louisiana
Hewet & Co. v. Wilson 7 La. 71 1834 0 Theft, liability, damages Louisiana
Mary v. Morris 7 La. 135 1834 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, damages, sequestration, conflict of laws, successions, property, manumission Louisiana
Goddard's Heirs v. Urquhart 6 La. 659 1834 0 Promissory notes, successions, property, sales, mortgages, privileges, prescription, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Revendication, successions, sales, property Louisiana
Everett v. M'Kinney 7 La. 375 1834 0 Successions, property, sales, peremptory exemption Louisiana
Strong v. Courcelle 4 La. 232 1832 0 Partnerships, delivery, property, sales Louisiana
Icar v. Suares 7 La. 517 1835 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Wartel v. Darbein 8 La. Ann. 506 1852 0 Creditor's rights, judicial seizure, sales, simulation, property Louisiana
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Mortgages, judicial seizure, property Louisiana
Liles v. Rhodes 7 La. 87 1834 0 Property, sales, seizure, damages, fieri facias, privileges, debts Louisiana
Small v. Flint 7 La. 352 1834 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition Louisiana