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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Murdock v. Washburn 9 Miss. 546 1844 0 Intestacy distrubtion dispute Mississippi
Rist v. Hagan 8 Rob. 106 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, runaway enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Bird v. Doiron 7 La. 181 1844 0 Partnerships, successions, property, privileges Louisiana
State v. Williams 7 La. 252 1844 0 Criminal law, insurrection, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bailey v. Stevens 9 Rob. 158 1844 0 Property, torts Louisiana
Jenkins v. Thenet 9 Rob. 34 1844 0 Successions, fraud, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Lawrence v. Guice 9 Rob. 219 1844 0 Community property, successions, privileges, syndic Louisiana
Plauché v. Roy 7 La. 453 1844 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, syndic, subrogation Louisiana
Wafer v. Hemken 9 Rob. 203 1844 0 Seizure, sales, damages, fraud, property, fieri facias Louisiana
New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Botts 9 Rob. 305 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, warranty Louisiana
Williams v. Bank of Louisiana 7 La. 316 1844 0 Mortgages, damages, property, sales, successions, privileges Louisiana
De Blanc v. Mouton 9 Rob. 48 1844 0 Community property, debts, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Fortier v. Slidell 7 La. 398 1844 0 Sales, property, seizure, mortgages, community property Louisiana
Jenkins v. Dutel 9 Rob. 36 1844 0 Property, successions Louisiana
State v. Bill 8 Rob. 527 1844 0 Criminal law, rape, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Tupper v. Scott 7 La. 323 1844 0 Sales, property, mortgages, trusts, promissory notes Louisiana
Jordan v. Wilson 26 N.C. 322 1844 1 North Carolina
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Routh v. Routh 9 Rob. 224 1844 0 Community property, privileges, conflict of laws, domicil Louisiana
Parkison v. Boyle 7 La. 82 1844 0 Suretyship, torts, sequestration Louisiana