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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fisk v. Hart 11 La. 479 1838 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Foutelet v. Dugas 11 La. 49 1837 0 Successions, mortgages, injunction, property, community property, sales Louisiana
Traverso v. Row 11 La. 494 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, capacity Louisiana
Frank v. Powell 11 La. 499 1838 0 Freedom suit, seizure, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Property, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sales, fraud, syndic, prescription, contracts, community property Louisiana
Bostwick v. Gasquet 11 La. 534 1838 0 Injunction, property, community property, fraud, seizure Louisiana
Noe v. Taylor 11 La. 551 1838 0 Contracts, sales, property, mortgages, obligations, damages, promissory notes Louisiana
M'Rae's Administratrix v. M'Rae 11 La. 571 1838 0 Successions, property, simulation, sales, capacity, property Louisiana
Levy v. Levy 11 La. 577 1838 0 Property, partnerships, successions, donations, simulation, fraud, donations Louisiana
Orso v. Orso 11 La. 61 1837 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Hewitt v. Stewart's Executor 11 La. Ann. 100 1856 0 Mortgages, hypothecary action, sales Louisiana
Barnes v. Crandell 11 La. Ann. 119 1856 0 Debtor's rights, obligations, mortgages, suretyship Louisiana
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Hunter v. General Mutual Insurance 11 La. Ann. 139 1856 0 Warranty, death of enslaved person, insurance policy Louisiana
Griffith v. Frellsen 11 La. Ann. 163 1856 0 Property, simulation, sales Louisiana
Ashford v. Tibbitts 11 La. Ann. 167 1856 0 Mortgages, property, sales, marital property Louisiana
Lucas v. D'Armond 11 La. Ann. 168 1856 0 Creditor's rights, property, successions, simulated sale Louisiana
Hill v. White 11 La. Ann. 170 1856 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, dispute of ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Provan v. Percy 11 La. Ann. 179 1856 0 Tutorship, mortgages, property, estates Louisiana
Bone v. Sparrow 11 La. Ann. 185 1856 0 Estates, property, successions Louisiana