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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Putnam v. Davidson 3 La. Ann. 266 1848 0 Sales, successions, property, warranty of eviction Louisiana
Walsh v. Barrow 3 La. Ann. 265 1848 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand, witness testimony Louisiana
Succession of Williamson 3 La. Ann. 261 1848 0 Successions, administrator, domicile, property Louisiana
Hill v. Bowden 3 La. Ann. 258 1848 0 Service, petitory action, intervenor, property, eviction, bad faith possessors Louisiana
Gillespie v. Cammack 3 La. Ann. 248 1848 0 Judicial sales, property, recordation, promissory notes, mortgages, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Drew v. Chambliss 3 La. Ann. 246 1848 0 Judicial seizure, sales, property, contracts Louisiana
Macarty v. Mandeville 3 La. Ann. 239 1848 0 Donations, property, cohabitation, successions, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Ricks v. Goodrich 3 La. Ann. 212 1848 0 Deeds, conflict of laws, property, sales, adverse title, obligations, contracts, mortgages, mandates Louisiana
Selby v. Gibson 3 La. Ann. 209 1848 0 Bankruptcy, promissory notes, prescription, property, sales, simulation, witness testimony Louisiana
Palmer v. Moore 3 La. Ann. 208 1848 0 Warranty, damages, bankruptcy, obligations Louisiana
Moore v. Hampton 3 La. Ann. 192 1848 0 Petitory action, legacies, sales, prescription, property, mortgages, partition, partnerships, parol evidence Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Kellar v. Fink 3 La. Ann. 17 1848 0 Sales, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Morton v. Packwood 3 La. Ann. 167 1848 0 Wills, community property, administrator capacity, partition, res judicata, quanti minoris, sales, simulation Louisiana
Fuselier v. Lacour 3 La. Ann. 162 1848 0 Property, legacies, debts, successions, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Briscoe 3 La. Ann. 157 1848 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, bonds, property, contracts, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
State v. Lyons 3 La. Ann. 154 1848 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, jury instruction, contracts, jury swearing Louisiana
Union Bank v. Smith 3 La. Ann. 147 1848 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, suretyship Louisiana
Valega v. Broussard 3 La. Ann. 145 1848 0 Sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Adams v. Lear 3 La. Ann. 144 1848 0 Sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges, partition Louisiana