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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Nixon v. Piffet 16 La. Ann. 379 1861 0 Property Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Second District Court of New Orleans 16 La. Ann. 390 1861 0 Mortgages, Deeds Louisiana
State v. Jack 14 La. Ann. 385 1859 0 Criminal law, murder, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Spurlock v. Mainer 1 La. Ann. 301 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, hypothecary action, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Roselius v. Barelli 16 La. Ann. 386 1861 0 Sales Louisiana
Copley v. Lambeth 1 La. Ann. 316 1846 0 Sales, bonds, suretyship, litigious rights Louisiana
Handy v. Sterling 1 La. Ann. 308 1846 0 Community property, successions, sales, mortgages, privileges, debts Louisiana
de Lalande v. Bormeau 1 Rob. 315 1842 0 Wills, property, emancipation, sales, contracts, recission, capacity Louisiana
Rhodes v. Myers 16 La. Ann. 398 1862 0 Sales - Dispute over defective slave Louisiana
Hereford v. Leverich 16 La. Ann. 397 1862 0 Sales and leases Louisiana
State v. Walters 16 La. Ann. 400 1862 0 Criminal Louisiana
Lacoste v. Sellick 1 La. Ann. 336 1846 0 Torts, negligence, obligations, property, partnerships, contracts Louisiana
Livingston v. Dick 1 La. Ann. 323 1846 0 Seizure, sales, property, service, affidavit Louisiana
Josephine v. Poultney 1 La. Ann. 329 1846 0 Conflict of laws, freedom suit Louisiana
Bowers v. Hale 14 La. Ann. 419 1859 0 Property (separation of), mortgages, debts Louisiana
Carpenter v. Allen 16 La. Ann. 435 1862 0 Mortgages, wills Louisiana
Maria v. Edwards 1 Rob. 359 1842 0 Freedom suit, wills, emancipation, witness testimony Louisiana
Erwin v. Lowry 1 La. Ann. 276 1846 0 Successions, administrators, mortgages, promissory notes, property, sales, intervenor, jurisdiction Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 1 Rob. 376 1842 0 Property, simulation, seizure, sales, contracts Louisiana
Hart v. Foley 1 Rob. 378 1842 0 Community property, promissory notes, property, obligations, privileges, fieri facias, sales, successions, mortgages, prescription, partition Louisiana