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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dickerman v. Reagan 2 La. Ann. 440 1847 0 Community property, debts, agency, conflict of laws Louisiana
Richardson v. Pumphrey 2 La. Ann. 448 1847 0 Partnerships, fraud, contracts, damges, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Barrow v. Bank of Louisiana 2 La. Ann. 453 1847 0 Mortgages, property, sales, subrogation, seizure Louisiana
Dwight v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 459 1847 0 Sales, freedom suit, eviction, seizure, bonds, obligations Louisiana
Bryan v. Atchison 2 La. Ann. 462 1847 0 Partnerships, property, successions, partition, privileges, sales, intervenor, capacity, administrator Louisiana
Succession of Montgomery 2 La. Ann. 469 1847 0 Trusts, property, conflict of laws, mortgages, sales, successions, recordation, promissory notes Louisiana
Behrnes v. Coxe 2 La. Ann. 472 1847 0 Malicious prosecution, larceny, malice, community property, successions, criminal law, probable cause Louisiana
Stanbrough v. Evans 2 La. Ann. 474 1847 0 Successions, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges, seizure, property, intervenor, obligations, hypothecary action Louisiana
Farrar v. Rowly 2 La. Ann. 475 1847 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, community property, stocks, seizure, sales, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 2 La. Ann. 480 1847 0 Promissory notes, sales, community property, debts, deeds, simulation, fraud, suretyship Louisiana
Dennistoun v. Nutt 2 La. Ann. 483 1847 1 Louisiana
Rankin v. Bell 2 La. Ann. 486 1847 0 Petitory action, successions, property, sales, seizure, wills, acquisitive prescription, adverse possession Louisiana
Copley v. Moody 2 La. Ann. 487 1847 0 Sales, property, title, seizure, mortgages, litigious rights Louisiana
Chambliss v. Atchison 2 La. Ann. 488 1847 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, debts, damaegs, petitory action, privileges, conflict of laws, promissory notes, injunction, recordation Louisiana
Osburn v. Planters Bank 2 La. Ann. 494 1847 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, community property, agency, res judicata, issue preclusion, bankruptcy, Louisiana
Bemiss v. Hawkins 2 La. Ann. 500 1847 0 Debts, sales, mandates, seizure, recordation, pledges, property, arbitration, simulation Louisiana
Gibson v. Foster 2 La. Ann. 503 1847 1 Louisiana
Dupuy v. Bemiss 2 La. Ann. 509 1847 0 Successions, seizure, property, sales, mortgages, debts, fraud, simulation, privileges Louisiana
Olivier v. Blancq 2 La. Ann. 517 1847 0 Promissory notes, privileges, wills, successions, consideration, donations, capacity Louisiana
New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Webb 2 La. Ann. 526 1847 0 Successions, adminstrators, mortgages, property, privileges Louisiana