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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fowler v. Morgan 25 La. Ann. 206 1873 0 Inheritance Louisiana
Pierre v. Fontenette 25 La. Ann. 617 1873 0 Wills/Marriage/Heir dispute Louisiana
Lindstrum v. Ewing 25 La. Ann. 520 1873 0 Promissory notes, peremptory exception, res judicata, fraud, prescription, contracts, suretyship Louisiana
Jeffrion v. Wilson 20 La. 412 1868 0 Promissory notes Louisiana
Canal & Banking Co. v. de Lizardi 20 La. 285 1868 0 Contracts, Promissory Notes Louisiana
M'Grew v. Browder 2 Mart. (n.s.) 17 1823 0 Successions, theft, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
M'Donough v. Tregre 7 Mart. (n.s.) 68 1828 0 Intervenor, community property, property, sales, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Hewes v. Barron 7 Mart. (n.s.) 134 1828 0 Contracts, sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Delery v. Mornet 11 Mart. (o.s.) 4 1822 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, damages, evidence, torts, property Louisiana
Hamilton v. Hamilton 6 Mart. (n.s.) 143 1827 0 Partition, successions, capacity, wills, property, mortgages, sales, collation Louisiana
Moosa v. Allain 4 Mart. (n.s.) 99 1825 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, sales, wills, recission Louisiana
Copelle v. Dalton 4 Mart. (n.s.) 123 1826 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Ferrer v. Bofil 11 Mart. (o.s.) 234 1822 0 Witness testimony, credibility, evidence, capacity,wills, successions, contracts, property, fraud, partnerships Louisiana
Doubrere v. Grillier's Syndic 2 Mart. (n.s.) 171 1824 0 Freedom suit, property, sales, emancipation, sequestration, suretyship Louisiana
Metayer v. Metayer 6 Mart. (o.s.) 16 1819 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, false imprisonment, damages, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Andry v. Foy 7 Mart. (o.s.) 33 1819 0 Redhibition, recission, sales, warranty, runaway enslaved person, evidence Louisiana
Gorton v. Barbin 7 Mart. (n.s.) 248 1828 0 Damages, robbery, property, liability, criminal law Louisiana
Saulet v. Loiseau 6 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1819 0 Sales, warranty, recission, redhibition, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Girod v. Lewis 6 Mart. (o.s.) 559 1819 0 Marriage, manumission, capacity, contracts, emancipation Louisiana
Spraggins v. White's Executors 4 Mart. (n.s.) 297 1826 0 Partnerships, liquidation, sales, property Louisiana