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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Wilcox v. Henderson 9 La. Ann. 347 1854 0 Unpaid wages, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Matta v. Gayle 10 La. Ann. 347 1855 0 Suretyship, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Creswell v. Tabary 10 La. Ann. 396 1855 0 Redhibition, legacies Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Emancipation, wills, trusts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Succession of Regan 9 La. Ann. 364 1854 0 Prescription, successions, property, contract, capacity Louisiana
Bass v. Chambliss 9 La. Ann. 376 1854 0 Estates, promissory notes, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Connor's Widow v. Administrators of Connor 10 La. Ann. 440 1855 0 Marital property, wills, conflict of laws Louisiana
Priestly v. Shaughnessy 10 La. Ann. 455 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation Louisiana
State v. Dick 10 La. Ann. 461 1855 0 Criminal law, assault, sentencing, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Parham v. Cobb 9 La. Ann. 423 1854 0 Estates, property, dissolution, suretyship Louisiana
Lewis v. Peets 10 La. Ann. 489 1855 0 Parol evidence, redhibition, sales Louisiana
Smith v. Nettles 9 La. Ann. 455 1854 0 Probate, sales, mortgages, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Succession of Boone 9 La. Ann. 258 1854 0 Sales, property, partition, forced heirs Louisiana
McAlpin v. Jones 10 La. Ann. 552 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, sequestration, property, estates Louisiana
Davie v. Stevens 10 La. Ann. 496 1855 0 Promissory notes, property, estates Louisiana
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 506 1854 0 Property, mortgages, judicial seizure, sales, privileges Louisiana
Howard v. Copley 10 La. Ann. 504 1855 0 Petitory action, heirs, donation Louisiana
Chevalier v. Hyams 9 La. Ann. 484 1854 0 Sales, employment law, prescription, property Louisiana
Anty v. Adle 9 La. Ann. 490 1854 0 Judicial seizure, marital property, prescription, negligence Louisiana