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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Wells 4 La. Ann. 522 1849 0 Wills, property, successions, conflict of laws, domicile Louisiana
Dugas v. Estiletts 5 La. 559 1850 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Gaulden v. McPhaul 4 La. Ann. 79 1849 0 Conversion, trusts, mandates, assault, damages Louisiana
McAuley v. His Creditors 4 La. Ann. 52 1849 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, syndic's sale, privileges Louisiana
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 5 La. 441 1850 0 Olographic will, vices of form, emancipation, capacity, substitutions, property, contracts Louisiana
Lalande v. Breaux 5 La. 505 1850 0 Partnership, successions, mortgages, property, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Louisiana State Bank v. Dumartrait 4 La. Ann. 483 1849 0 Notice, promissory notes, defective service Louisiana
Bertrand v. Arcueil 4 La. Ann. 430 1849 0 Sales, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Neely v. Police Jury 4 La. Ann. 181 1849 0 Taxes, property, wages Louisiana
Johnson v. Imboden 4 La. Ann. 178 1849 0 Suretyship, successions, fraud, possessory action, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Gibson v. White 4 La. Ann. 14 1849 0 Possessory action, intervenors, partition, sequestration, property Louisiana
Bank of Kentucky v. Conner 4 La. Ann. 365 1849 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, property, fraud, creditor's rights Louisiana
Jones v. Lawrence 4 La. Ann. 279 1849 0 Possessory action, trusts, privileges, property, intervenor Louisiana
Moore v. Thibodeaux 4 La. Ann. 74 1849 0 Tutorship, successions, property, marital property, sales, prescription, suretyship Louisiana
Jones v. State 13 La. Ann. 406 1858 0 Emancipation, Louisiana
Wilson v. Porter 13 La. Ann. 407 1858 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, authentic acts Louisiana
Young v. Courtney 13 La. Ann. 193 1858 0 Conveyance of land, inheritance, successions, partition Louisiana
Wright v. Railey 13 La. Ann. 536 1858 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Close v. Close 13 La. Ann. 590 1858 0 Executors, attorney's fees, court costs Louisiana
Johnston v. Cammack, Squires & West 13 La. Ann. 594 1858 0 Sequestration, mortgage Louisiana