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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gillespie v. Cammack 3 La. Ann. 248 1848 0 Judicial sales, property, recordation, promissory notes, mortgages, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Valega v. Broussard 3 La. Ann. 145 1848 0 Sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Selby v. Gibson 3 La. Ann. 209 1848 0 Bankruptcy, promissory notes, prescription, property, sales, simulation, witness testimony Louisiana
Succession of Fortier 3 La. Ann. 104 1848 0 Successions, community property, pecuniary interest Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Succession of M'Candless 3 La. Ann. 579 1848 0 Successions, wills, improper forms, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Joor v. Craig 3 La. Ann. 267 1848 0 Community property, possessory action Louisiana
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
Walsh v. Barrow 3 La. Ann. 265 1848 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand, witness testimony Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 3 La. Ann. 280 1848 0 Parol evidence, property, debts, promissory notes, conflict of laws, consideration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Boner v. Mahle 3 La. Ann. 600 1848 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, property, parol evidence, witness testimony, promissory notes, contracts, liens Louisiana
Bemiss v. Dwight 3 La. Ann. 337 1848 0 Sales, bonds, title, eviction, contracts Louisiana
Foxworth v. Burckhalter 3 La. Ann. 365 1848 0 Sequestration, bonds, suretyship, judicial seizure, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Cartwright v. McMillen 3 La. Ann. 685 1848 0 Freedom suit, suspensive appeal, suretyship, damages, property, obligations Louisiana
Oglesby v. Drake 3 La. Ann. 640 1848 0 Judicial seizure, fraud, sales, simulation, privileges Louisiana
Davis v. Glenn 3 La. Ann. 444 1848 0 Contracts, damages, breach, default, obligations, payment in kind, property Louisiana
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bibb v. Hebert 3 La. Ann. 132 1848 0 Damages, murder, larceny, property Louisiana
Leggo v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 3 La. Ann. 138 1848 0 Mortgages, wills, usufruct, deeds Louisiana