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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Walton v. Compton & Strother 28 Tex. 569 1866 0 Texas
Union Bank v. Succession of Wilson 10 La. Ann. 601 1855 0 Mortgages, loans, creditor's rights, property Louisiana
Bonnafon v. Wiltz 10 La. Ann. 657 1855 0 Successions, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Underwood v. Lacapere 10 La. Ann. 766 1855 0 Default judgments, warranty Louisiana
State v. Prats 10 La. Ann. 785 1855 0 Statutes, criminal law, liquor license Louisiana
Peabody v. Carrol 9 Mart. (o.s.) 295 1821 0 Seizure, property, sales, delivery, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Livingston v. Heerman 9 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1821 0 Libel, water law, reparations, defamation, property, sales, riparian rights Louisiana
Harper v. Destrehan 12 Mart. (o.s.) 31 1822 0 Property, petitory action Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 10 Mart. (o.s.) 25 1821 0 Wills, capacity, emancipation, newly discovered evidence, parol evidence, successions Louisiana
Fox v. Dawson's Curator 8 Mart. (o.s.) 94 1820 0 Marriage, successions, curatorship, property Louisiana
Baron v. Phelan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 88 1816 0 Debts, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, privileges, damages, seizure, mortgages, restitution Louisiana
Ulzere v. Poeyfarre 8 Mart. (o.s.) 155 1820 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence, successions, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Hill v. Martin 12 Mart. (o.s.) 177 1822 0 Obligations, promissory notes, sales, consideration, redhibition, contracts Louisiana
Thompson v. Chretien 12 Mart. (o.s.) 250 1822 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, authentic act, mortgages Louisiana
Smoot & Dinsmore v. Baldwin 3 Mart. (n.s.) 84 1824 0 Property, sales, delivery, suretyship, contracts Louisiana
Victoire v. Dussuau 4 Mart. (o.s.) 212 1816 0 Parol evidence, contracts, witness testimony, emancipation, freedom suit, capacity, property Louisiana
Nerault's Heirs & Wife v. L'Enclos 8 Mart. (n.s.) 185 1829 0 Property, community property, successions, eviction, sales Louisiana
Frederic v. Frederic 10 Mart. (o.s.) 188 1821 0 Community property, successions, donations, property, usufruct, debts Louisiana
Jackson v. Porter 8 Mart. (n.s.) 200 1829 0 Sales, property, partnerships, parol evidence, trusts, damages Louisiana
Melancon's Heirs v. Duhamel 10 Mart. (o.s.) 225 1821 0 Sales, successions, property, damages, contracts Louisiana