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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bemiss v. Dwight 3 La. Ann. 337 1848 0 Sales, bonds, title, eviction, contracts Louisiana
Foxworth v. Burckhalter 3 La. Ann. 365 1848 0 Sequestration, bonds, suretyship, judicial seizure, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Cartwright v. McMillen 3 La. Ann. 685 1848 0 Freedom suit, suspensive appeal, suretyship, damages, property, obligations Louisiana
Oglesby v. Drake 3 La. Ann. 640 1848 0 Judicial seizure, fraud, sales, simulation, privileges Louisiana
Davis v. Glenn 3 La. Ann. 444 1848 0 Contracts, damages, breach, default, obligations, payment in kind, property Louisiana
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bibb v. Hebert 3 La. Ann. 132 1848 0 Damages, murder, larceny, property Louisiana
Leggo v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 3 La. Ann. 138 1848 0 Mortgages, wills, usufruct, deeds Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Thompson v. Kelso 3 La. Ann. 577 1848 0 Promissory notes, discussion, property, obligations, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Thompson v. Chretien 3 La. Ann. 116 1848 0 Property, promissory notes, mortgages, consideration, subrogation, successions, obligations Louisiana
Macarty v. Mandeville 3 La. Ann. 239 1848 0 Donations, property, cohabitation, successions, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Dubroca v. Her Husband 3 La. Ann. 331 1848 0 Community property, promissory notes, intervenor Louisiana
Vaughan v. Christine 3 La. Ann. 328 1848 0 Tutorship, successions, property, partition, intervenor, prescription, contracts, ratification Louisiana
Putnam v. Davidson 3 La. Ann. 266 1848 0 Sales, successions, property, warranty of eviction Louisiana
Duncan v. Armant 3 La. Ann. 84 1848 0 Damages, successions, sales, property, negligence Louisiana
Fuselier v. Lacour 3 La. Ann. 162 1848 0 Property, legacies, debts, successions, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
State v. Ritchie 3 La. Ann. 511 1848 0 Conversion, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Briscoe 3 La. Ann. 157 1848 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, bonds, property, contracts, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Petrie v. Wofford 3 La. Ann. 562 1848 0 Successions, community property, renunciation, partition, sales, contracts Louisiana