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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
State v. Read 6 La. Ann. 227 1851 0 Criminal law Louisiana
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Conversion, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Smith v. Nicholson 6 La. Ann. 704 1851 0 Trespass, conversion, successions, peremption Louisiana
Wallis v. Thomas 6 La. Ann. 76 1851 0 Sales, judicial seizure Louisiana
Romer v. Woods 6 La. Ann. 29 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, prescription Louisiana
Nichols v. Botts 6 La. Ann. 437 1851 0 Judicial seizure, property, privileges, sales Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Heres v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 586 1851 0 Sales, taxes Louisiana
Succession of Connolly 6 La. Ann. 795 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Bowles v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 679 1851 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, subrogation, privileges, sales Louisiana
Murphy v. Mutual Benefit Life & Fire Insurance 6 La. Ann. 518 1851 0 Life insurance Louisiana
Birdsale v. Lakey 6 La. Ann. 646 1851 0 Successions, sales, simulation Louisiana
Hall v. Hill 6 La. Ann. 745 1851 0 Wills, property, possessory action, sales Louisiana
Levistones v. Landreaux 6 La. Ann. 26 1851 0 Patnerships, property, sales, contracts Louisiana
Mourain v. Poydras 6 La. Ann. 151 1851 0 Sales, property, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Successions, property, contract Louisiana
Hyams v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 362 1851 0 Privileges, leases, property, contracts Louisiana
Sargent v. Slatter 6 La. Ann. 72 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, prescription, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana