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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hughes v. Winfrey 5 La. 668 1850 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, sequestration, sales, judicial seizure, simulation Louisiana
Roca v. Slawson 5 La. 708 1850 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
David v. Beelman 5 La. 545 1850 0 Property, leases, reconventional demand Louisiana
Dolliole v. White 5 La. 98 1850 0 Freedom suit, sales Louisiana
Weingerter v. White 5 La. 487 1850 0 Sales, judicial seizure, fraud, prescription, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Anderson v. Dacosta 4 La. Ann. 136 1849 0 Sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana
Packwood v. Dorsey 4 La. Ann. 90 1849 0 Property, possessory action, damages, slander Louisiana
Lanoue v. Bessy 5 La. 233 1850 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
Botts v. Cochrane 4 La. Ann. 35 1849 0 Runaway enslaved person, liability, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Succession of Key 5 La. 567 1850 0 Successions, property, emancipation Louisiana
Miller v. Miller 4 La. Ann. 354 1849 0 Emancipation, fraud, freedom suit, property Louisiana
Armor v. Amis 4 La. Ann. 192 1849 0 Suretyship, bonds, judicial seizure, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Copley v. Sanford 2 La. Ann. 335 1847 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, conflict of laws Louisiana
Denton v. Willcox 2 La. Ann. 60 1847 0 Mortgages, Partnerships, sales, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
Hopkins v. Lacouture 4 La. 64 1832 0 Sales, recordation, debts, property, mortgages Louisiana
King v. Baker 7 La. Ann. 570 1852 0 Sheriff seizure, property, obligations, suretyship, judicial bond Louisiana
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Kathman v. City of New Orleans 11 La. Ann. 457 1856 0 Taces, assessors, property, Louisiana