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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wells v. Roach 10 La. Ann. 543 1855 0 Curatorship, successions, marital property, debts Louisiana
Talbert v. Stone 10 La. Ann. 537 1855 0 Contracts, employment, malicious prosecution Louisiana
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
Porterfield v. Greenwood 10 La. Ann. 51 1855 0 Sales, seizure, title, debts 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
Kemp v. Hutchinson 10 La. Ann. 494 1855 0 Redhibition, reconventional demand, sales 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
Zuntz v. Cornen 10 La. Ann. 433 1855 0 Mortgages, seizure, property, marital property Louisiana
Cochran v. Walker 10 La. Ann. 431 1855 0 Sales, privileges, property 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
Michel v. Beale 10 La. Ann. 352 1855 0 Successions, wills, sales, emancipation Louisiana
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Matta v. Gayle 10 La. Ann. 347 1855 0 Suretyship, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana