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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Property, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sales, fraud, syndic, prescription, contracts, community property Louisiana
Bostwick v. Gasquet 11 La. 534 1838 0 Injunction, property, community property, fraud, seizure Louisiana
Noe v. Taylor 11 La. 551 1838 0 Contracts, sales, property, mortgages, obligations, damages, promissory notes Louisiana
Beatty v. Dufief 11 La. Ann. 74 1856 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
State v. Martinez 11 La. Ann. 23 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
State v. Wedemeyer 11 La. Ann. 49 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
Hubnall v. Watt 11 La. Ann. 57 1856 0 Prescription, sales, property Louisiana
Peyton v. Richards 11 La. Ann. 62 1856 0 Death of enslaved person, negligence, employment law Louisiana
Webb v. Deeson 11 La. Ann. 84 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Hewitt v. Stewart's Executor 11 La. Ann. 100 1856 0 Mortgages, hypothecary action, sales Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Property, damages, successions, sales, adverse possession Louisiana
Hunter v. General Mutual Insurance 11 La. Ann. 139 1856 0 Warranty, death of enslaved person, insurance policy Louisiana
McCall v. Henderson 11 La. Ann. 209 1856 0 Recission, sales, debts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Griffith v. Frellsen 11 La. Ann. 163 1856 0 Property, simulation, sales Louisiana
Ashford v. Tibbitts 11 La. Ann. 167 1856 0 Mortgages, property, sales, marital property Louisiana
Lucas v. D'Armond 11 La. Ann. 168 1856 0 Creditor's rights, property, successions, simulated sale Louisiana
Dixon v. Chadwick 11 La. Ann. 215 1856 0 Redhibition, slave of enslaved person Louisiana
Hill v. White 11 La. Ann. 170 1856 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, dispute of ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Provan v. Percy 11 La. Ann. 179 1856 0 Tutorship, mortgages, property, estates Louisiana