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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Myers v. Slack 6 La. 136 1834 0 Torts, negligence, contracts, employment, negligence Louisiana
Marigny v. Perret 6 La. 695 1834 0 Community property, property, debts Louisiana
Raspillier v. Brownson 7 La. 231 1834 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, damages, contracts, privity Louisiana
Harrison v. Faulk 6 La. 80 1833 0 Sales, property, contracts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Melancon's Widow v. His Executor 6 La. 105 1833 0 Successions, property, community property, debts, wills Louisiana
Testamentary Executor of Lewis v. Casenave 6 La. 437 1834 0 Successions, sales, property, delivery, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Burroughs v. Nettles 7 La. 113 1834 0 Promissory notes, fraud, property, community property, sales, redhibition, recission, damages, witness testimont Louisiana
Heirs of Kimball v. Heirs of Lopez 7 La. 173 1834 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, prescription, warranty, property, petitory action Louisiana
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 7 La. Ann. 692 1852 0 Successions, property, wills, donations, privileges Louisiana
Baldree v. Davenport 7 La. Ann. 589 1852 0 Property, quit claim deed Louisiana
Wright v. Trustees of the Bank 7 La. Ann. 123 1852 0 Trusts, Sales, property, mortgages, prescription, privileges Louisiana
Leverich v. Citizens' Bank 7 La. Ann. 290 1852 0 Judicial seizure, property, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Martin 7 La. Ann. 45 1852 0 Donation, sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Savage v. Foy 7 La. Ann. 573 1852 0 Property boundaries, conveyance, acquisitive prescription Louisiana
Succession of Pipkin 7 La. Ann. 617 1852 0 Successions, property, wills, estates, emancipation Louisiana
Smith v. Tabor 7 La. Ann. 582 1852 0 Sales, property, contracts Louisiana
Bacon v. Dahlgreen 7 La. Ann. 599 1852 0 Trusts, obligations, res judicata, statute of limitations, suretyship, contracts, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
Chambers v. Wortham 7 La. Ann. 113 1852 0 Property, inheritence, sales, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Pitts v. Lewis 7 La. Ann. 552 1852 0 Sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Copley v. Lambeth 9 Rob. 137 1844 0 Sales, property, bonds, damages Louisiana