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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Conversion, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Rogers v. Chandler 6 La. Ann. 349 1851 0 Sales, promissory notes, privileges, mortgages, sequestration, recordation of mortgages Louisiana
Childers v. Johnson 6 La. Ann. 634 1851 0 Successions, property, community property Louisiana
Dwyer v. Cane 6 La. Ann. 707 1851 0 Employment law Louisiana
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Wingate v. Wheat 6 La. Ann. 238 1851 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Dupre v. Uzee 6 La. Ann. 280 1851 0 Sales, property, donations, successions, simulation Louisiana
Vail v. Bird 6 La. Ann. 223 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, emancipation, property, donations Louisiana
Wright v. Wood 6 La. Ann. 176 1851 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, property Louisiana
Birdsale v. Lakey 6 La. Ann. 646 1851 0 Successions, sales, simulation Louisiana
Mourain v. Poydras 6 La. Ann. 151 1851 0 Sales, property, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Successions, property, contract Louisiana
Hyams v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 362 1851 0 Privileges, leases, property, contracts Louisiana
Perry v. Holloway 6 La. Ann. 265 1851 0 Property, sales, partnerships Louisiana
State v. Read 6 La. Ann. 227 1851 0 Criminal law Louisiana
Wallis v. Thomas 6 La. Ann. 76 1851 0 Sales, judicial seizure Louisiana
Nichols v. Botts 6 La. Ann. 437 1851 0 Judicial seizure, property, privileges, sales Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Heres v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 586 1851 0 Sales, taxes Louisiana
Hall v. Hill 6 La. Ann. 745 1851 0 Wills, property, possessory action, sales Louisiana