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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Branan v. May 17 Ga. 136 1855 0 Obstruction action for injury Supreme Court of Georgia
Crawford v. Alexander 14 La. Ann. 708 1859 0 Obligations, wills, promissory notes Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Lesseps 11 La. Ann. 251 1856 0 Obligations, taxes, assessment Louisiana
Hill v. Miller 7 La. Ann. 621 1852 0 Obligations, suretyship, property, mortgages Louisiana
Brown v. Gunning's Curatrix 19 La. 462 1841 0 Obligations, successions, sales, property, suretyship, debts, prescription, damages Louisiana
Moore's Assignee v. King 12 Mart. (o.s.) 261 1822 0 Obligations, sales, redhibition, evidence, witness testimony Louisiana
Voorhies' ex rel. Cappel v. Mulhollan 3 Mart. (n.s.) 70 1824 0 Obligations, sales, property, bonds, suretyship, agency, res judicata Louisiana
Archinard v. Boyce 26 La. Ann. 292 1874 0 Obligations, property, privileges, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Hill v. Martin 12 Mart. (o.s.) 177 1822 0 Obligations, promissory notes, sales, consideration, redhibition, contracts Louisiana
Hunter's Syndics v. Hunter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 5 1822 0 Obligations, penalties, delivery, sales, bonds Louisiana
LeBeau v. Glaze 8 La. Ann. 474 1852 0 Obligations, mortgages, property, hypothecary action, prescription, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Overton v. Gervais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 682 1827 0 Obligations, debts, property, reconventional demand, redhibition, fraud, contracts, breach Louisiana
Overton v. Simon 10 La. Ann. 685 1855 0 Obligations, contracts, breach of contract, negligence Louisiana
Scott v. Rusk 2 La. Ann. 266 1847 0 Obligations, community property, promissory notes, sales, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Ex parte Williams 4 D.C. 343 1833 0 No Use of Punishement by confinement of labor for offenses that do not specifically call for it. United States
Work v. Harper 24 Miss. 517 1852 0 Notice to creditor regarding mortgage Mississippi
Louisiana State Bank v. Dumartrait 4 La. Ann. 483 1849 0 Notice, promissory notes, defective service Louisiana
Pamela Equities Corp. v. Camp 127 Misc. 2d 395 1985 0 Notice of amendment of sheriff's return New York
Richardson v. McFadden 13 Tex. 278 1855 0 Note of sale dispute Texas
Shirkey v. Hunt 18 Tex. 883 1857 0 Note of sale dispute Texas