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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Kellar v. Fink 3 La. Ann. 17 1848 0 Sales, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Ludeling v. Graves 3 La. Ann. 597 1848 0 Possessory action, property sales Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
Oates v. Caffin 3 La. Ann. 339 1848 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, runaway enslaved person, conflict of laws Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Boner v. Mahle 3 La. Ann. 600 1848 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, property, parol evidence, witness testimony, promissory notes, contracts, liens Louisiana
Cartwright v. McMillen 3 La. Ann. 685 1848 0 Freedom suit, suspensive appeal, suretyship, damages, property, obligations Louisiana
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Macarty v. Mandeville 3 La. Ann. 239 1848 0 Donations, property, cohabitation, successions, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
State v. Ritchie 3 La. Ann. 511 1848 0 Conversion, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Petrie v. Wofford 3 La. Ann. 562 1848 0 Successions, community property, renunciation, partition, sales, contracts Louisiana
Waters v. Grayson 3 La. Ann. 595 1848 0 Successions, property, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
Arnandez v. Lawes 5 La. 127 1850 0 Murder, torts, damages Louisiana
Dupre v. Prescott 5 La. 592 1850 0 Successions, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Mary v. Brown 5 La. 269 1850 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws Louisiana
Dees v. Seale 5 La. 688 1850 0 Sales, partition, marital property Louisiana