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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Wood v. Hardy 11 La. Ann. 760 1856 0 Promissory notes, property, wills, emancipation Louisiana
Berret v. Adams 10 La. Ann. 77 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory note Louisiana
Roussel v. Phipps 10 La. Ann. 119 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, probate Louisiana
Augusta Insurance v. Packwood 9 La. Ann. 74 1854 0 Insolvency, debts, property, mortgages, res judicata Louisiana
Theurer v. Schmidt 10 La. Ann. 125 1855 0 Sales, divorce, donations, parol evidence, fraud Louisiana
Rider v. Wright 10 La. Ann. 127 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, contracts Louisiana
State v. Hannah 10 La. Ann. 131 1855 0 Manslaughter, sentences, constitution, confession Louisiana
Jewell v. Read 10 La. Ann. 144 1855 0 Mortgages, property, recordation, consideration Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 9 La. Ann. 137 1854 0 Sales, judicial seizure, property, prescription, eviction Louisiana
Bird v. Vail 9 La. Ann. 176 1854 0 Emancipation, successions, wills Louisiana
Gilmore v. Gilmore 9 La. Ann. 197 1854 0 Successions, property, sales, partition Louisiana
Hardesty v. Wormley 10 La. Ann. 239 1855 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Stoppenhagen v. Verdelet 10 La. Ann. 263 1855 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Dufief v. Boykin 9 La. Ann. 295 1854 0 Sales, property, judicial seizure, mortgages, possessory rights, eviction Louisiana
Lusk v. Swon 9 La. Ann. 367 1854 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, emancipation, sales Louisiana
Kemp v. Hutchinson 10 La. Ann. 494 1855 0 Redhibition, reconventional demand, sales Louisiana
Stewart v. City of New Orleans 9 La. Ann. 461 1854 0 Police brutality, property, murder of enslaved person, municipal liability Louisiana
Henderson v. Trousdale 10 La. Ann. 548 1855 0 Marital property Louisiana
De Young v. De Young 9 La. Ann. 545 1854 0 Marital property, debts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Union Bank v. Succession of Wilson 10 La. Ann. 601 1855 0 Mortgages, loans, creditor's rights, property Louisiana