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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sanders v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 393 1847 0 Community property, seizure, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Morgan v. Republic of Texas 2 Tex. 279 1847 0 Replevsion for slave Texas
Pahnvitz v. Fassman 2 La. Ann. 625 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty, newly discovered evidence, witness testimony Louisiana
Harvey v. Kendall 2 La. Ann. 748 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Dickerman v. Reagan 2 La. Ann. 440 1847 0 Community property, debts, agency, conflict of laws Louisiana
Coles v. Kelsey 2 Tex. 542 1847 1 Texas
Robinson & Caldwell v. Mauldin 11 Ala. 977 1847 1 Alabama
Cavelier v. Moss 2 La. Ann. 584 1847 0 Title, prescription, sales, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, eviction Louisiana
Perot v. Chambers 2 La. Ann. 800 1847 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, fieri facias, privileges, recordation Louisiana
Florance v. Yorke 2 La. Ann. 995 1847 0 Garnishment, property, interrogatories, debts Louisiana
Gilbert v. Meriam 2 La. Ann. 160 1847 0 Tutorship, suretyship, prescription, dales, property, successions Louisiana
Succession of Guillemin 2 La. Ann. 634 1847 0 Successions, community property, prescription, testamentary dispositions, wills, contracts, conflict of laws, simulation, mortgages Louisiana
Morris v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 259 1847 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, successions, seizure, community property Louisiana
Morrill v. Carr 2 La. Ann. 807 1847 0 Successions, petitory action, sales, property, conflict of laws, agency, fraud Louisiana
Neda v. Fontenot 2 La. Ann. 782 1847 0 Successions, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, insolvency Louisiana
Decoux v. Bank of Louisiana 2 La. Ann. 157 1847 0 Seizure, sales, custody, mortgages Louisiana
Bemiss v. Hawkins 2 La. Ann. 500 1847 0 Debts, sales, mandates, seizure, recordation, pledges, property, arbitration, simulation Louisiana
Cole v. Lucas 2 La. Ann. 946 1847 0 Promissory notes, cohabition, domicile, donations, property, sales, mortgages, successions, emancipation, hearsay, power of attorney, fraud, conflict of laws, intervention Louisiana
Rankin v. Bell 2 La. Ann. 486 1847 0 Petitory action, successions, property, sales, seizure, wills, acquisitive prescription, adverse possession Louisiana
Bell v. Murphy 2 La. Ann. 765 1847 0 Promissory notes, successions, mortgages, property Louisiana