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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beauchamp v. Whittington 10 La. Ann. 646 1855 0 Petitory action, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Hinson v. Hinson 10 La. Ann. 580 1855 0 Petitory action, wills, creditors rights, promissory notes Louisiana
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Fee simple, Estates, sales, bailments Louisiana
Buie v. Doyal 10 La. Ann. 575 1855 0 Petitory action, sales, fraud, error, prescription Louisiana
Murphy v. Executor of Cook 10 La. Ann. 572 1855 0 Sales, wils, estates, property Louisiana
Matilda v. Autrey 10 La. Ann. 555 1855 0 Manumission, prescription Louisiana
Henderson v. Trousdale 10 La. Ann. 548 1855 0 Marital property Louisiana
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Curatorship, promissory notesconsideration, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Davis v. Barham 10 La. Ann. 528 1855 0 Property, seizure, sales, fraud Louisiana
Kennedy v. Mason 10 La. Ann. 519 1855 0 Sales, murder of enslaved person, recovery of wages, torts Louisiana
Porterfield v. Greenwood 10 La. Ann. 51 1855 0 Sales, seizure, title, debts Louisiana
Howard v. Copley 10 La. Ann. 504 1855 0 Petitory action, heirs, donation Louisiana
Lewis v. Peets 10 La. Ann. 489 1855 0 Parol evidence, redhibition, sales Louisiana
State v. Dick 10 La. Ann. 461 1855 0 Criminal law, assault, sentencing, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Emancipation, wills, trusts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Creswell v. Tabary 10 La. Ann. 396 1855 0 Redhibition, legacies Louisiana
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Matta v. Gayle 10 La. Ann. 347 1855 0 Suretyship, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
Stoppenhagen v. Verdelet 10 La. Ann. 263 1855 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Hardesty v. Wormley 10 La. Ann. 239 1855 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana