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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
Succession of Stafford 12 La. 178 1845 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, sales Louisiana
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Fee simple, Estates, sales, bailments Louisiana
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Sales, property, community property, renunciation, contracts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 209 1816 0 Sales, contracts, redhibition, breach, recission, recordation, damages, property Louisiana
Griffin v. His Creditors 6 Rob. 216 1843 0 Privileges, property, community property, promissory notes, successions, mortgages, sales Louisiana
Williams v. Hagan 2 La. 122 1830 0 Recission, sales, conflict of laws, property, delivery, mortgages Louisiana
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Recovery of murder of enslaved person Louisiana
Pierse v. Amonett 2 La. Ann. 357 1847 0 Possessory action, sales, seizure, suretyship Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Perry v. Holloway 6 La. Ann. 265 1851 0 Property, sales, partnerships Louisiana
Cooney's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 156 1834 0 Successions, partition, petitory action, sales, warranty, damages, seizure, mortgages, debts, property Louisiana
Durnford v. Clark's Estate 3 La. 199 1831 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages, sales, privileges, prescription, debts Louisiana
Newson v. Adams 3 La. 231 1832 0 Community property, damages, successions, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana
Burney's Heirs v. Lamothe 3 La. 195 1831 0 Sales, adverse possession, prescription, petitory action, community property, successions, debts, conflict of laws, property, damages Louisiana
Harrison v. Faulk 3 La. 68 1831 0 Communiy property, damages, sales, sequestration, seizure, taxes, property Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 8 La. 228 1835 0 Partition, property, successions, prescription Louisiana
François v. Lobrano 10 Rob. 450 1845 0 Freedom suit, sales, damages Louisiana
Delahoussaye v. Delacroix 4 La. 371 1832 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, property, privileges, sales, discussion, prescription, seizure Louisiana
Hicky v. Sharp 4 La. 335 1832 0 Sales, successions, debt, promissory notes, suretyship Louisiana