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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Simonds v. Byrne 9 La. Ann. 93 1854 0 Successions, emancipation, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Stephens v. Graves 9 La. Ann. 239 1854 0 Curatorship, sales,redhibition, property, contracts, vices Louisiana
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Wallis v. Robertson 10 La. Ann. 215 1855 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, estates Louisiana
Taylor v. Paterson 9 La. Ann. 251 1854 0 Unpaid wages, property, torts Louisiana
Buhler v. McHatton 9 La. Ann. 192 1854 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Matta v. Gayle 10 La. Ann. 347 1855 0 Suretyship, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Creswell v. Tabary 10 La. Ann. 396 1855 0 Redhibition, legacies Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Emancipation, wills, trusts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
State v. Dick 10 La. Ann. 461 1855 0 Criminal law, assault, sentencing, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Lewis v. Peets 10 La. Ann. 489 1855 0 Parol evidence, redhibition, sales Louisiana
Smith v. Nettles 9 La. Ann. 455 1854 0 Probate, sales, mortgages, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Howard v. Copley 10 La. Ann. 504 1855 0 Petitory action, heirs, donation Louisiana
Kennedy v. Mason 10 La. Ann. 519 1855 0 Sales, murder of enslaved person, recovery of wages, torts Louisiana
Davis v. Barham 10 La. Ann. 528 1855 0 Property, seizure, sales, fraud Louisiana
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 510 1854 0 Sales, marital property, conflict of laws, fraud Louisiana
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Curatorship, promissory notesconsideration, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Matilda v. Autrey 10 La. Ann. 555 1855 0 Manumission, prescription Louisiana
Buie v. Doyal 10 La. Ann. 575 1855 0 Petitory action, sales, fraud, error, prescription Louisiana