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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Dwyer v. Cane 6 La. Ann. 707 1851 0 Employment law Louisiana
State ex rel. Henly v. Reynolds 8 La. Ann. 288 1853 0 Judicial seizure, subject matter jurisdiction Louisiana
Stewart v. Allain 8 La. Ann. 64 1853 0 Mortgages, sales, property, judicial mortgage, simulation Louisiana
LeBeau v. Glaze 8 La. Ann. 474 1852 0 Obligations, mortgages, property, hypothecary action, prescription, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Succession of Mielke 8 La. Ann. 11 1853 0 Successions, property, res judicata Louisiana
State v. Executors of McDonogh 8 La. Ann. 171 1853 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity, property, donations, substitutions Louisiana
Colomb v. Jones 8 La. Ann. 442 1853 0 Mortgages, successions, sales Louisiana
Myers v. Myers 8 La. Ann. 369 1853 0 Judicial seizure, mortgages, fraud Louisiana
Molaison v. Hébert 12 La. Ann. 232 1857 0 Forced heirs, testaments, manumission Louisiana
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Sales, emancipation, property Louisiana
Bourgeat v. Dumoulin 12 La. Ann. 204 1857 0 Donation inter vivos, property Louisiana
Phipps v. Berger 12 La. Ann. 111 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana
Williams v. Talbot 12 La. Ann. 407 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person, damages Louisiana
H. Simons & Co. v. Jacobs 15 La. Ann. 425 1860 0 Remedies, Secured Transactions, Promissory Notes, Emancipation Louisiana
Rost v. Heirs of Doyal 15 La. Ann. 265 1860 0 Wills, testament freeing enslaved persons Louisiana