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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Harbour v. Scott 12 La. Ann. 152 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved persons Louisiana
Mourain v. Mourain 12 La. Ann. 147 1857 0 Dowry, donations inter vivos Louisiana
Waddell v. Judson 12 La. Ann. 13 1857 0 Mortgages, property, seziure Louisiana
Spencer v. Amis 12 La. Ann. 127 1857 0 Hypothecary action, judicial lien, mortgages, property Louisiana
Howell v. Crane 12 La. Ann. 126 1857 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, promissory notes Louisiana
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
Phipps v. Berger 12 La. Ann. 111 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Barrow v. McDonald 12 La. Ann. 110 1857 0 murder of an enslaved person, accounts, property, liquidation Louisiana
Mourain v. Devall 12 La. 93 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, bonds Louisiana
Offutt v. Morancy 12 La. 92 1845 0 Sales, contracts, promissory notes, delivery Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Sequestration, property, privileges, successions, sales Louisiana
Riley v. Wilcox 12 La. 648 1846 0 Agency, property, sales, contracts, partition, employment, witness testimony, breach Louisiana
Keller v. McCalop 12 La. 639 1846 0 Wills, emancipation, property, capacity Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty, damages, personal jurisdiction, property, prescription Louisiana
Baudoin v. Nicolas 12 La. 594 1846 0 Privileges, property, seizure, sales, witness testimony Louisiana
Hamilton v. Michel 12 La. 593 1846 0 Injunctions, seizure, sales, property, notice, parol evidence Louisiana
Mason v. Mason's Widow & Heirs 12 La. 589 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, donations, community property, promissory notes, collation Louisiana