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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lacey v. Newport 3 La. Ann. 226 1848 1 Louisiana
Thomas v. Hill 3 Tex. 270 1848 1 Texas
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Valega v. Broussard 3 La. Ann. 145 1848 0 Sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Walsh v. Barrow 3 La. Ann. 265 1848 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand, witness testimony Louisiana
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
McClenny v. Floyd 3 Tex. 114 1848 0 Action to recovery slaves Texas
Gillespie v. Cammack 3 La. Ann. 248 1848 0 Judicial sales, property, recordation, promissory notes, mortgages, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Morton v. Packwood 3 La. Ann. 167 1848 0 Wills, community property, administrator capacity, partition, res judicata, quanti minoris, sales, simulation Louisiana
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, fraud, damages, parol evidence, paternships, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Glenn v. Elam 3 La. Ann. 611 1848 0 Partitions, marital property, mortgages, sales Louisiana
State v. Lyons 3 La. Ann. 154 1848 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, jury instruction, contracts, jury swearing Louisiana
Succession of Fitzwilliams 3 La. Ann. 489 1848 0 Successions, community property, usufruct, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Joor v. Craig 3 La. Ann. 267 1848 0 Community property, possessory action Louisiana
Smith v. McMicken 3 La. Ann. 319 1848 1 Louisiana
Richardson v. Wells 3 Tex. 223 1848 0 Will & trust Texas
Oates v. Caffin 3 La. Ann. 339 1848 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, runaway enslaved person, conflict of laws Louisiana
McDowell v. Read 3 La. Ann. 391 1848 0 Fieri facias, garnishments, property, conflict of laws, trusts, fraud, deeds Louisiana
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
Macarty v. Mandeville 3 La. Ann. 239 1848 0 Donations, property, cohabitation, successions, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana