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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rost v. Henderson 12 La. 549 1846 0 Wills, partition, emancipation, manumission Louisiana
Keller v. McCalop 12 La. 639 1846 0 Wills, emancipation, property, capacity Louisiana
McFarlane v. Richardson 1 La. Ann. 12 1846 0 Mortgages, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Lefebvre v. De Montilly 1 La. Ann. 42 1846 0 Sales, property, fraud, res judicata Louisiana
Stevens v. Wellington 1 La. Ann. 72 1846 0 Petitory action, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, contracts, garnishment, agency, delivery, torts Louisiana
Patterson v. Hall 1 La. Ann. 108 1846 0 Trusts, debts, mortgages, obligations, seizure, sales, novation, property, sequestration, privileges Louisiana
Musson v. Clayton 1 La. Ann. 122 1846 0 Redhibition, sales, damages, recission, larceny, pecuniary loss Louisiana
Cammack v. Watson 1 La. Ann. 132 1846 0 Damages, property, fraud, sales, simulation, consideration, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lebœuf v. Merle 1 La. Ann. 144 1846 0 Subgrogation, fieri facias, seizure, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, community property, suretyship, bonds, warranty Louisiana
Adle v. Metoyer 1 La. Ann. 254 1846 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, damages, suretyship, obligations, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Watt v. Rice 1 La. Ann. 280 1846 0 Promissory notes, contracts, community property, successions, smancipation, conflict of laws, consideration Louisiana
Kirkland v. New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. 1 La. Ann. 299 1846 0 Injunctions, fieri facias, community property, contracts, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Bornet v. Davis 1 La. Ann. 339 1846 0 Freedom suit, damages, sales, warranty, litigious rights Louisiana
Jorda v. Lewis 1 La. Ann. 59 1846 0 Fieri facias, seizure, damages, consideration, property, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Farrar 1 La. Ann. 49 1846 0 Bonds, mortgages, community property, contracts, capacity, obligations Louisiana
Bertin v. Phillips 1 La. Ann. 173 1846 0 Petitory action, successions, criminal law, seizure, sales, property, damages Louisiana
Michel v. Her Husband 1 La. Ann. 174 1846 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, property, witness testimony, ypothecary action Louisiana
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana
Duval v. Ardrey 1 La. Ann. 243 1846 0 Tutorship, mortgages, property, leases, obligations, fraud, intervenor, debts Louisiana