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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Talbert v. Stone 10 La. Ann. 537 1855 0 Contracts, employment, malicious prosecution Louisiana
Kennedy v. Mason 10 La. Ann. 519 1855 0 Sales, murder of enslaved person, recovery of wages, torts Louisiana
Davis v. Barham 10 La. Ann. 528 1855 0 Property, seizure, sales, fraud Louisiana
Gallian v. Cox 9 La. Ann. 500 1854 0 Estates, curatorship, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 510 1854 0 Sales, marital property, conflict of laws, fraud Louisiana
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Curatorship, promissory notesconsideration, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Hill v. Tippett 10 La. Ann. 554 1855 0 Marital property, debts, insolvency Louisiana
Wells v. Roach 10 La. Ann. 543 1855 0 Curatorship, successions, marital property, debts Louisiana
Matilda v. Autrey 10 La. Ann. 555 1855 0 Manumission, prescription Louisiana
Buie v. Doyal 10 La. Ann. 575 1855 0 Petitory action, sales, fraud, error, prescription Louisiana
Arendell v. Arendell 10 La. Ann. 566 1855 0 Marital property, sequestration, sales Louisiana
State v. Martinez 9 La. Ann. 530 1854 0 Criminal law, sale of liquor to enslaved person Louisiana
Dosson v. Bieller 10 La. Ann. 570 1855 0 Marital property, wills, seizure Louisiana
Murphy v. Executor of Cook 10 La. Ann. 572 1855 0 Sales, wils, estates, property Louisiana
Hinson v. Hinson 10 La. Ann. 580 1855 0 Petitory action, wills, creditors rights, promissory notes Louisiana
Thompson v. Womack 9 La. Ann. 555 1854 0 Successions, partition, property, marriage, donations Louisiana
Harmon v. Ryan 10 La. Ann. 661 1855 0 Donations, contracts, creditor's rights, judicial mortgage Louisiana
Succession of Gassen v. Palfrey 9 La. Ann. 560 1854 0 Successions, minor heirs, property, sales, fraud Louisiana
Andrew v. Bradley 10 La. Ann. 606 1855 0 Sales, seizure, marital property, suretyship Louisiana
Humphreys v. Caraway 10 La. Ann. 617 1855 0 Trusts, debts, property Louisiana