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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Frank v. Powell 11 La. 499 1838 0 Freedom suit, seizure, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
State v. Bob 11 La. Ann. 192 1856 0 Confessions, criminal law Louisiana
Laycock v. Davidson 11 La. Ann. 328 1856 0 Promissory notes, extrinsic evidence, property, probate Louisiana
Henriette v. Heirs of Barnes 11 La. Ann. 453 1856 0 Legacy rights of enslaved persons, emancipation Louisiana
Crane v. Allen 11 La. Ann. 493 1856 0 Recovery of enslaved persons, dispute over ownership of enslaved persons, property Louisiana
Solibellas v. Consolidated Ass'n 11 La. Ann. 682 1856 0 Mortgages, property Louisiana
Berret v. Adams 10 La. Ann. 77 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory note Louisiana
Roussel v. Phipps 10 La. Ann. 119 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, probate Louisiana
State v. Hannah 10 La. Ann. 131 1855 0 Manslaughter, sentences, constitution, confession Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 9 La. Ann. 137 1854 0 Sales, judicial seizure, property, prescription, eviction Louisiana
Bird v. Vail 9 La. Ann. 176 1854 0 Emancipation, successions, wills Louisiana
Gilmore v. Gilmore 9 La. Ann. 197 1854 0 Successions, property, sales, partition Louisiana
Hardesty v. Wormley 10 La. Ann. 239 1855 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Stoppenhagen v. Verdelet 10 La. Ann. 263 1855 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Henderson v. Trousdale 10 La. Ann. 548 1855 0 Marital property Louisiana
Bonnafon v. Wiltz 10 La. Ann. 657 1855 0 Successions, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 10 Mart. (o.s.) 25 1821 0 Wills, capacity, emancipation, newly discovered evidence, parol evidence, successions Louisiana
Ulzere v. Poeyfarre 8 Mart. (o.s.) 155 1820 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence, successions, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Victoire v. Dussuau 4 Mart. (o.s.) 212 1816 0 Parol evidence, contracts, witness testimony, emancipation, freedom suit, capacity, property Louisiana
Nerault's Heirs & Wife v. L'Enclos 8 Mart. (n.s.) 185 1829 0 Property, community property, successions, eviction, sales Louisiana