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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Bemiss v. Hawkins 2 La. Ann. 500 1847 0 Debts, sales, mandates, seizure, recordation, pledges, property, arbitration, simulation Louisiana
Decoux v. Bank of Louisiana 2 La. Ann. 157 1847 0 Seizure, sales, custody, mortgages Louisiana
Neda v. Fontenot 2 La. Ann. 782 1847 0 Successions, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, insolvency Louisiana
Morrill v. Carr 2 La. Ann. 807 1847 0 Successions, petitory action, sales, property, conflict of laws, agency, fraud Louisiana
Morris v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 259 1847 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, successions, seizure, community property Louisiana
Florance v. Yorke 2 La. Ann. 995 1847 0 Garnishment, property, interrogatories, debts Louisiana
Succession of Guillemin 2 La. Ann. 634 1847 0 Successions, community property, prescription, testamentary dispositions, wills, contracts, conflict of laws, simulation, mortgages Louisiana
Hyams v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 362 1851 0 Privileges, leases, property, contracts Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Successions, property, contract Louisiana
Mourain v. Poydras 6 La. Ann. 151 1851 0 Sales, property, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Levistones v. Landreaux 6 La. Ann. 26 1851 0 Patnerships, property, sales, contracts Louisiana
Birdsale v. Lakey 6 La. Ann. 646 1851 0 Successions, sales, simulation Louisiana
Wright v. Wood 6 La. Ann. 176 1851 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, property Louisiana
Vail v. Bird 6 La. Ann. 223 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, emancipation, property, donations Louisiana
Dupre v. Uzee 6 La. Ann. 280 1851 0 Sales, property, donations, successions, simulation Louisiana
Wingate v. Wheat 6 La. Ann. 238 1851 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Dwyer v. Cane 6 La. Ann. 707 1851 0 Employment law Louisiana
State ex rel. Henly v. Reynolds 8 La. Ann. 288 1853 0 Judicial seizure, subject matter jurisdiction Louisiana
Stewart v. Allain 8 La. Ann. 64 1853 0 Mortgages, sales, property, judicial mortgage, simulation Louisiana