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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Forbes v. Forbes 11 La. Ann. 326 1856 0 Creditor's rights, marital property, sales Louisiana
Bone v. Sparrow 11 La. Ann. 185 1856 0 Estates, property, successions Louisiana
Heirs of Dupuy v. Dupont 11 La. Ann. 226 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, forced heirs Louisiana
Farmers' Bank of Kentucky v. Stevens 11 La. Ann. 189 1856 0 Redhibition, corporations Louisiana
Dunn v. Woodward 11 La. Ann. 265 1856 0 Sales, successions, mortgages Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Lesseps 11 La. Ann. 251 1856 0 Obligations, taxes, assessment Louisiana
Pratt v. McHatton 11 La. Ann. 260 1856 0 Partnerships, Contracts, leases, debts Louisiana
Woodward v. Lurty 11 La. Ann. 280 1856 0 Tutorship, probate, marital property, fraud, simulation Louisiana
George v. Greenwood 11 La. Ann. 299 1856 0 Runaway enslaved person, Indian territory Louisiana
Fitzgerald v. Ferguson 11 La. Ann. 396 1856 0 Leases, torts, employment law Louisiana
Flemming v. Rotchford 11 La. Ann. 400 1856 0 Sales, mortgages, property Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 11 La. Ann. 424 1856 0 Emancipcation, wills, character evidence Louisiana
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Murder of enslaved persons, evidence Louisiana
Eulalie v. Long 11 La. Ann. 463 1856 0 Prescription, manumission, human trafficking Louisiana
Fluker v. Bobo 11 La. Ann. 609 1856 0 Property, Seizure, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
State v. Bass 11 La. Ann. 478 1856 0 Criminal law, murder of enslaved person, character evidence Louisiana
Levi v. Penny 11 La. Ann. 539 1856 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sequestration, property, tutorship Louisiana
Gaillardet v. Demaries 18 La. 490 1841 0 Damages, negligence, property, liability, torts Louisiana