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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rhodes v. Hooper 6 La. Ann. 355 1851 0 Wills, property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Le Blanc v. Dubroca 6 La. Ann. 360 1851 0 Marital property, sales, mortgages, pledges, privileges Louisiana
Hyams v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 362 1851 0 Privileges, leases, property, contracts Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Property, trusts, mortgages Louisiana
Morris v. Williams 6 La. Ann. 391 1851 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Jure v. Balletin 6 La. Ann. 394 1851 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Lombard v. Jacobs 6 La. Ann. 396 1851 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Mallard v. Carpenter 6 La. Ann. 397 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, domicile Louisiana
Young v. Carl 6 La. Ann. 412 1851 0 Property, wills, mortgages, successions, sales Louisiana
Favrot v. Allain 6 La. Ann. 428 1851 0 Mortgages, sales, property, pledges Louisiana
Nichols v. Botts 6 La. Ann. 437 1851 0 Judicial seizure, property, privileges, sales Louisiana
Nichols v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 446 1851 0 Donations, property, wills, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
State v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 449 1851 0 Criminal law, larceny Louisiana
Courtney v. Davidson 6 La. Ann. 453 1851 0 Property, sales, marital property, suretyship, privileges Louisiana
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Vinot v. Bertrand 6 La. Ann. 474 1851 0 Employment law, leases Louisiana
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Conversion, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Reading v. Donovan 6 La. Ann. 491 1851 0 Contracts, breach Louisiana
Murphy v. Mutual Benefit Life & Fire Insurance 6 La. Ann. 518 1851 0 Life insurance Louisiana