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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Chambers v. Wortham 7 La. Ann. 113 1852 0 Property, inheritence, sales, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Lowber v. McCoy 12 La. Ann. 795 1857 0 Sales, theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Fink v. Martin 10 Rob. 147 1845 0 Successions, mortgages, suretyship, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Gustine v. Union Bank 10 Rob. 412 1845 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, property, reconventional demand, suspensive condition, contracts, obligations, suretyship, privileges Louisiana
Fazende v. Hagan 9 Rob. 306 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission Louisiana
Denton v. Murdock 5 Rob. 127 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Roman v. Denny 19 La. Ann. 521 1867 0 Secured Transactions, Debts, Louisiana
Succession of Martin 7 La. Ann. 45 1852 0 Donation, sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Halley v. Hoeffner 19 La. Ann. 518 1867 0 Secured Transactions, Mortgage Louisiana
Savage v. Foy 7 La. Ann. 573 1852 0 Property boundaries, conveyance, acquisitive prescription Louisiana
Smith v. Taylor 10 Rob. 133 1845 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Folse v. New Orleans Coast & Lafourche Transportation Co. 19 La. Ann. 199 1867 0 Bailmant - runaway slave Louisiana
Demoruelle v. Sugg 7 La. Ann. 42 1852 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Brander v. Ferriday, Bennett & Co. 16 La. 296 1840 0 Privileges, mortgages, successions, property, partnerships, fraud, priority Louisiana
Leverich v. Citizens' Bank 7 La. Ann. 290 1852 0 Judicial seizure, property, mortgages Louisiana
Toledano v. Relf 7 La. Ann. 60 1852 0 Judicial mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Gremillon v. Crousillac 19 La. Ann. 377 1867 0 Abolition, Property Louisiana
Austin v. Sandel 19 La. Ann. 309 1867 0 Contracts, Property, Abolition Louisiana
Posey v. Martingley 19 La. Ann. 384 1867 0 Probate, Promissory Notes Louisiana