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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Terrebonne v. Walsh 7 La. Ann. 61 1852 0 Sales, successions, property Louisiana
Eugenie v. Preval 2 La. Ann. 180 1847 0 Freedom suit, property, conflict of laws, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Grayson v. Mayo 2 La. Ann. 927 1847 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, successions, prescription, property, contracts, debts Louisiana
Vitrac v. Rey 2 La. Ann. 824 1847 0 Community property, successions, sales Louisiana
Rankin v. Bell 2 La. Ann. 486 1847 0 Petitory action, successions, property, sales, seizure, wills, acquisitive prescription, adverse possession Louisiana
Cole v. Lucas 2 La. Ann. 946 1847 0 Promissory notes, cohabition, domicile, donations, property, sales, mortgages, successions, emancipation, hearsay, power of attorney, fraud, conflict of laws, intervention Louisiana
Neda v. Fontenot 2 La. Ann. 782 1847 0 Successions, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, insolvency Louisiana
Morris v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 259 1847 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, successions, seizure, community property Louisiana
Birdsale v. Lakey 6 La. Ann. 646 1851 0 Successions, sales, simulation Louisiana
Vail v. Bird 6 La. Ann. 223 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, emancipation, property, donations Louisiana
Dupre v. Uzee 6 La. Ann. 280 1851 0 Sales, property, donations, successions, simulation Louisiana
Wingate v. Wheat 6 La. Ann. 238 1851 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Stewart v. Allain 8 La. Ann. 64 1853 0 Mortgages, sales, property, judicial mortgage, simulation Louisiana
Succession of Mielke 8 La. Ann. 11 1853 0 Successions, property, res judicata Louisiana
State v. Executors of McDonogh 8 La. Ann. 171 1853 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity, property, donations, substitutions Louisiana
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Sales, emancipation, property Louisiana