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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Williamson 3 La. Ann. 261 1848 0 Successions, administrator, domicile, property Louisiana
Farrar v. Rowley 3 La. Ann. 276 1848 0 Privileges, property, mortgages, sales, reimbursement Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
McDowell v. Read 3 La. Ann. 391 1848 0 Fieri facias, garnishments, property, conflict of laws, trusts, fraud, deeds Louisiana
Oates v. Caffin 3 La. Ann. 339 1848 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, runaway enslaved person, conflict of laws Louisiana
Succession of Fitzwilliams 3 La. Ann. 489 1848 0 Successions, community property, usufruct, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
State v. Lyons 3 La. Ann. 154 1848 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, jury instruction, contracts, jury swearing Louisiana
Glenn v. Elam 3 La. Ann. 611 1848 0 Partitions, marital property, mortgages, sales Louisiana
Putnam v. Davidson 3 La. Ann. 266 1848 0 Sales, successions, property, warranty of eviction Louisiana
Morton v. Packwood 3 La. Ann. 167 1848 0 Wills, community property, administrator capacity, partition, res judicata, quanti minoris, sales, simulation Louisiana
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