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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jewell v. Read 10 La. Ann. 144 1855 0 Mortgages, property, recordation, consideration Louisiana
Hedrick v. Banister 10 La. Ann. 208 1855 0 Sales, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
Gourdain v. Baylies 10 La. Ann. 691 1855 0 Sales, simulation Louisiana
Hill v. Tippett 10 La. Ann. 554 1855 0 Marital property, debts, insolvency Louisiana
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 injunction Supreme Court of Georgia
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Curatorship, promissory notesconsideration, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Davis v. Barham 10 La. Ann. 528 1855 0 Property, seizure, sales, fraud Louisiana
Kennedy v. Mason 10 La. Ann. 519 1855 0 Sales, murder of enslaved person, recovery of wages, torts Louisiana
Talbert v. Stone 10 La. Ann. 537 1855 0 Contracts, employment, malicious prosecution Louisiana
Howard v. Copley 10 La. Ann. 504 1855 0 Petitory action, heirs, donation Louisiana
Davie v. Stevens 10 La. Ann. 496 1855 0 Promissory notes, property, estates Louisiana
McAlpin v. Jones 10 La. Ann. 552 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, sequestration, property, estates Louisiana
Lewis v. Peets 10 La. Ann. 489 1855 0 Parol evidence, redhibition, sales Louisiana
State v. Dick 10 La. Ann. 461 1855 0 Criminal law, assault, sentencing, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Priestly v. Shaughnessy 10 La. Ann. 455 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation Louisiana
Connor's Widow v. Administrators of Connor 10 La. Ann. 440 1855 0 Marital property, wills, conflict of laws Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Emancipation, wills, trusts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Creswell v. Tabary 10 La. Ann. 396 1855 0 Redhibition, legacies Louisiana
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Lesseps 11 La. Ann. 251 1856 0 Obligations, taxes, assessment Louisiana