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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Burroughs v. Nettles 7 La. 113 1834 0 Promissory notes, fraud, property, community property, sales, redhibition, recission, damages, witness testimont Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Briscoe 3 La. Ann. 157 1848 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, bonds, property, contracts, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Bonner v. Gill 5 La. 629 1850 0 Marital property, sales, conversion Louisiana
Broussard v. Dugas 5 La. 585 1850 0 Marital property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Haggerty v. Corri 5 La. 433 1850 0 Sales, possessory action Louisiana
Cox v. Myers 4 La. Ann. 144 1849 0 Property, privileges, seizure, damages, leases Louisiana
Thompson v. Chretien 3 La. Ann. 116 1848 0 Property, promissory notes, mortgages, consideration, subrogation, successions, obligations Louisiana
Leggo v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 3 La. Ann. 138 1848 0 Mortgages, wills, usufruct, deeds Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Huset's Heirs v. Lefebvre 6 La. 601 1834 0 Successions, property, sales, prescription Louisiana
Thompson v. Kelso 3 La. Ann. 577 1848 0 Promissory notes, discussion, property, obligations, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Macarty v. Mandeville 3 La. Ann. 239 1848 0 Donations, property, cohabitation, successions, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Oglesby v. Drake 3 La. Ann. 640 1848 0 Judicial seizure, fraud, sales, simulation, privileges Louisiana
Davis v. Glenn 3 La. Ann. 444 1848 0 Contracts, damages, breach, default, obligations, payment in kind, property Louisiana
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bemiss v. Dwight 3 La. Ann. 337 1848 0 Sales, bonds, title, eviction, contracts Louisiana
Foxworth v. Burckhalter 3 La. Ann. 365 1848 0 Sequestration, bonds, suretyship, judicial seizure, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Lowery v. Kline 6 La. 380 1834 0 Successions, property, wills, debts, sales, community property, privileges Louisiana
Joyce v. De La Lande 6 La. 277 1834 0 Successions, sales, damages, property, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Cartwright v. McMillen 3 La. Ann. 685 1848 0 Freedom suit, suspensive appeal, suretyship, damages, property, obligations Louisiana