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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
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