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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Foster 46 Va. 695 1848 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
McDonald v. Aubert 17 La. 448 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, community property, debts, obligations, mortgages Louisiana
Haralson v. Camp 17 La. 267 1841 0 Successions, employment, property, attorney's fees, damages Louisiana
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Field 17 La. 421 1841 0 Damages, labor, community property, witness testimony Louisiana
Rouanet v. Hunt 17 La. 407 1841 0 Donations, delivery, successions Louisiana
Lapice v. Clifton 17 La. 152 1841 0 Property, sales, promissory notes, Louisiana
Foley v. Dufour 17 La. 521 1841 0 Mortgages, hypothecary action, sales, seizure, mortgages, property, syndic Louisiana
Smith v. Bradford 17 La. 263 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, hypothecary action, damages Louisiana
Lawson v. Ripley 17 La. 238 1841 0 Successions, community property, property, debts, partition, sales, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Zacharie v. Winter 17 La. 76 1841 0 Property, seizure, sales, homolgation, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Barriere F. W. C. v. Gladding's Curator 17 La. 144 1841 0 Promissory notes, capacity, property, contracts Louisiana
Fuselier v. Masse 4 La. 423 1832 0 Successions, sales, emancipation, freedom suit, property, capacity, legitimacy, adoption Louisiana
Copeland v. Mickie 17 La. 286 1841 0 Partnerships, property, sales, duress, extortion, recission, damages Louisiana
Janin v. Franklin 4 La. 198 1833 0 Recission, sales Louisiana
Monday v. Wilson 4 La. 338 1832 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, privileges, delivery Louisiana
Flint v. Wells 4 La. 537 1832 0 Bonds, successions, damages, property, negligence, agency Louisiana
Hawkins v. Brown 7 La. 417 1834 0 Successions, suretyship, sales, promissory notes, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Niblett v. White's Heirs 7 La. 253 1834 0 Damages, successions, negligence, loans Louisiana
Patin v. Prejean 7 La. 301 1834 0 Successions, property, sales, seizure, sales, mortgages, community property, debts, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana