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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Cook v. Parkarson 16 La. 129 1840 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, damages Louisiana
Kemper's Heirs v. Hulick 16 La. 44 1840 0 Possessory action, damages, property, successions, petitory action Louisiana
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, endorsement Louisiana
Collingsworth v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 406 1847 0 Damages, witness testimony, torts Louisiana
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Petrovic v. Hyde 16 La. 223 1840 0 Injunction, sales, mortgages, promissory notes, partnerships, property, seizure, debts, damages, contracts Louisiana
Bray's Executrix v. Bray 16 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, wills, property, sales, partition, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Walden v. Union Bank 6 La. 248 1834 0 Mortgages, property, stocks, corporations, property Louisiana
Key v. Walker 7 La. 297 1834 0 Damages, eviction, property, seizure, sales, mortgages, warranty Louisiana
Harrison v. Faulk 16 La. 358 1840 0 Property, promissory notes, service Louisiana
Mahle v. Terry 16 La. 248 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure Louisiana
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Property, successions, tutorship Louisiana
Thomas v. Generis 16 La. 483 1840 0 Freedom suit, sales, property, conflict of laws, emancipation Louisiana
Hoover v. Glasscock 16 La. 242 1840 0 Tutorship, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, laches, contracts, obligations Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lambert v. Franchebois 16 La. 1 1840 0 Property, community property, seizure, sales, damages, debts Louisiana
Armor v. Lewis 16 La. 331 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Hempkin v. Bowmar 16 La. 363 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, fraud, simulation, debts, contracts, privileges Louisiana
Benson v. Mathews 7 La. 356 1834 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, seizure, fieri facias Louisiana