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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Oglesby v. Gilmore 5 Ga. 56 1848 0 Promissory Will note Supreme Court of Georgia
Stafford v. Stafford 1 Mart. (n.s.) 648 1823 0 Promissory notes, witness testimony, evidence Louisiana
Gay v. Kendig 2 Rob. 472 1842 0 Promissory notes, warranty, redhibition, recission, sales Louisiana
Lyons ex rel. Farmers' Bank of Virginia v. Kenner 2 Rob. 50 1842 0 Promissory notes, warranty, redhibition Louisiana
Kiper v. Nuttall 1 Rob. 46 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales, warranty, redhibition Louisiana
Calvit v. Haynes 8 Mart. (o.s.) 712 1820 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales Louisiana
Smith v. Scott 3 Rob. 258 1842 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, property, successions, privileges Louisiana
Hereford v. Chase 1 Rob. 212 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, privileges, subrogation Louisiana
Grayson v. Houston 4 Rob. 54 1843 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, obligations, agency, delivery Louisiana
Goddard's Heirs v. Urquhart 6 La. 659 1834 0 Promissory notes, successions, property, sales, mortgages, privileges, prescription, conflict of laws Louisiana
Succession of Johnson 3 Rob. 216 1842 0 Promissory notes, successions, privileges, property, sales, seizure, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Bell v. Murphy 2 La. Ann. 765 1847 0 Promissory notes, successions, mortgages, property Louisiana
Withers's Heirs v. His Executors 3 La. 363 1832 0 Promissory notes, successions, emancipation, property, suretyship, capacity Louisiana
Adams ex rel. United States v. Avery 9 Rob. 431 1845 0 Promissory notes, seizure, sales, property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Cox v. Robinson 2 Rob. 313 1842 0 Promissory notes, seizure, damages, suretyship, property Louisiana
McRae v. His Creditors 16 La. Ann. 305 1861 0 Promissory Notes, Secured Transactions Louisiana
Goodloe v. Hart 2 La. 446 1831 0 Promissory notes, sales, warranty, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, debts Louisiana
Devall v. Boatner 2 La. Ann. 271 1847 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, property, res judicata Louisiana
State v. Pitot 2 La. 266 1831 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, mortgages, privileges, wills, property Louisiana