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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, fraud, damages, parol evidence, paternships, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
Ward v. Warfield 3 La. Ann. 468 1848 1 Louisiana
Carlisle v. Holton 3 La. Ann. 48 1848 1 Louisiana
Succession of Fitzwilliams 3 La. Ann. 489 1848 0 Successions, community property, usufruct, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
State v. Ritchie 3 La. Ann. 511 1848 0 Conversion, statutory interpretation Louisiana
West v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 529 1848 1 Louisiana
Ross v. Ross 3 La. Ann. 533 1848 1 Louisiana
Consolidated Ass'n v. Comeau 3 La. Ann. 552 1848 0 Prescription, bonds, obligations, leases, mortgages, stocks, successions, intervenor, hypothecary action, preemption, sales, property Louisiana
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Petrie v. Wofford 3 La. Ann. 562 1848 0 Successions, community property, renunciation, partition, sales, contracts Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Thompson v. Kelso 3 La. Ann. 577 1848 0 Promissory notes, discussion, property, obligations, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Succession of M'Candless 3 La. Ann. 579 1848 0 Successions, wills, improper forms, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Orr v. Thomas 3 La. Ann. 582 1848 0 Successions, privileges, intervenors, community property, mortgages, debts sales, insolvency Louisiana
Waters v. Grayson 3 La. Ann. 595 1848 0 Successions, property, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
Ludeling v. Graves 3 La. Ann. 597 1848 0 Possessory action, property sales Louisiana
Boner v. Mahle 3 La. Ann. 600 1848 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, property, parol evidence, witness testimony, promissory notes, contracts, liens Louisiana
Glenn v. Elam 3 La. Ann. 611 1848 0 Partitions, marital property, mortgages, sales Louisiana