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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weld v. Peters 1 La. Ann. 432 1846 0 Seizure, property, debts, sales, bonds, partnerships Louisiana
Duval v. Ardrey 1 La. Ann. 243 1846 0 Tutorship, mortgages, property, leases, obligations, fraud, intervenor, debts Louisiana
Lyon v. Fisk 1 La. Ann. 444 1846 1 Louisiana
Nolan v. Babin 12 La. 531 1846 0 Seizure, property, sales, partition, damages Louisiana
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bres v. Booth 1 La. Ann. 307 1846 1 Louisiana
Michel v. Dolliole 1 La. Ann. 459 1846 0 Emancipation, successions, sales, property, delivery Louisiana
M'Gary v. President of Lafayette 12 La. 668 1846 1 Louisiana
Michel v. Her Husband 1 La. Ann. 174 1846 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, property, witness testimony, ypothecary action Louisiana
Balot y Ripoll v. Moriña 12 La. 552 1846 0 Successions, property, wills, seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, legitimacy Louisiana
Judson v. Lathrop 1 La. Ann. 78 1846 1 Louisiana
Bernard v. Auguste 1 La. Ann. 69 1846 1 Louisiana
Bornet v. Davis 1 La. Ann. 339 1846 0 Freedom suit, damages, sales, warranty, litigious rights Louisiana
Kirkland v. New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. 1 La. Ann. 299 1846 0 Injunctions, fieri facias, community property, contracts, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Watt v. Rice 1 La. Ann. 280 1846 0 Promissory notes, contracts, community property, successions, smancipation, conflict of laws, consideration Louisiana
Adle v. Metoyer 1 La. Ann. 254 1846 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, damages, suretyship, obligations, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Lebœuf v. Merle 1 La. Ann. 144 1846 0 Subgrogation, fieri facias, seizure, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, community property, suretyship, bonds, warranty Louisiana
Garland v. Holmes 1 La. Ann. 404 1846 1 Louisiana
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Smith v. McMicken 12 La. 653 1846 1 Louisiana