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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Flower v. Taliaferro 3 La. 88 1831 0 Sales, petitory action Louisiana
Taylor v. Rostrop 3 La. Ann. 100 1848 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, sales, emancipation Louisiana
Peterson v. McRae 3 La. Ann. 101 1848 1 Louisiana
Succession of Fortier 3 La. Ann. 104 1848 0 Successions, community property, pecuniary interest Louisiana
Thompson v. Chretien 3 La. Ann. 116 1848 0 Property, promissory notes, mortgages, consideration, subrogation, successions, obligations Louisiana
Crouch v. Lockett 3 La. Ann. 121 1848 0 Mortgages, privileges, sales, subrogation, domicile, recordation, property Louisiana
Bibb v. Hebert 3 La. Ann. 132 1848 0 Damages, murder, larceny, property Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Leggo v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 3 La. Ann. 138 1848 0 Mortgages, wills, usufruct, deeds Louisiana
Adams v. Lear 3 La. Ann. 144 1848 0 Sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges, partition Louisiana
Valega v. Broussard 3 La. Ann. 145 1848 0 Sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Union Bank v. Smith 3 La. Ann. 147 1848 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, suretyship Louisiana
State v. Lyons 3 La. Ann. 154 1848 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, jury instruction, contracts, jury swearing Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Briscoe 3 La. Ann. 157 1848 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, bonds, property, contracts, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Fuselier v. Lacour 3 La. Ann. 162 1848 0 Property, legacies, debts, successions, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Morton v. Packwood 3 La. Ann. 167 1848 0 Wills, community property, administrator capacity, partition, res judicata, quanti minoris, sales, simulation Louisiana
Kellar v. Fink 3 La. Ann. 17 1848 0 Sales, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Florance v. Bachemin 3 La. Ann. 174 1848 1 Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Moore v. Hampton 3 La. Ann. 192 1848 0 Petitory action, legacies, sales, prescription, property, mortgages, partition, partnerships, parol evidence Louisiana