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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Forstall & Co. v. Blanchard 12 La. 1 1838 0 Sales, sequestration, suretyship, capacity, property, community property, debts, contracts Louisiana
Mourain v. Devall 12 La. 93 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, bonds Louisiana
Hampton's Heirs v. Barrett 12 La. 159 1838 0 Property, sales, privileges, recission, debts Louisiana
Lopez's Heirs v. Bergel 12 La. 197 1838 0 Promissory notes, prescription, property, fraud, simulation, obligations, sales, privileges Louisiana
Orso v. Orso 11 La. 61 1837 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Thomassin v. Raphael's Executor 11 La. 128 1837 0 Successions, forced heir, legitimacy, filiation, marriage, emancipation Louisiana
Laclotte's Heirs v. Labarre 11 La. 179 1837 0 Successions, legitimacy Louisiana
Lucket v. Lucket 11 La. 241 1837 0 Community property, property, seizure, privileges, sales Louisiana
M'Burney v. Flagg 11 La. 333 1837 0 Seizure, sales, property, community property, contracts, debts, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
Frank v. Powell 11 La. 499 1838 0 Freedom suit, seizure, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
M'Rae's Administratrix v. M'Rae 11 La. 571 1838 0 Successions, property, simulation, sales, capacity, property Louisiana
Bermudez ex rel. Wright v. Union Bank 11 La. Ann. 64 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, mortgages, property, judicial sales Louisiana
Barnes v. Crandell 11 La. Ann. 119 1856 0 Debtor's rights, obligations, mortgages, suretyship Louisiana
State v. Bob 11 La. Ann. 192 1856 0 Confessions, criminal law Louisiana
Laycock v. Davidson 11 La. Ann. 328 1856 0 Promissory notes, extrinsic evidence, property, probate Louisiana
Henriette v. Heirs of Barnes 11 La. Ann. 453 1856 0 Legacy rights of enslaved persons, emancipation Louisiana
Kathman v. City of New Orleans 11 La. Ann. 457 1856 0 Taces, assessors, property, Louisiana
Crane v. Allen 11 La. Ann. 493 1856 0 Recovery of enslaved persons, dispute over ownership of enslaved persons, property Louisiana
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 11 La. Ann. 541 1856 0 Wills, management of enslaved persons Louisiana