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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Colvin v. Nelson 4 La. Ann. 544 1849 0 Donations, prohibited substitutions, property, partition, wills, successions Louisiana
Cobb v. Parham 4 La. Ann. 148 1849 0 Arbitration, property, liquidation, injunction, agency Louisiana
Succession of Langley 5 La. 199 1850 0 Successions, emancipation, property Louisiana
Davis v. Davis 5 La. 561 1850 0 Successions, sales, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Succession of Dupuy 4 La. Ann. 570 1849 0 Wills, emancipation, property, mandates Louisiana
Brown v. Route 4 La. Ann. 270 1849 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, successions, obligations Louisiana
Crane v. Lewis 4 La. Ann. 320 1849 0 Conflict of laws, seizure, property, suretyship, possessory action, damages, contracts, torts, obligations Louisiana
Roy v. Latiolas 5 La. 552 1850 0 Prohibited substitutions, wills, propety, usufruct Louisiana
Hughes v. Winfrey 5 La. 668 1850 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, sequestration, sales, judicial seizure, simulation Louisiana
Roca v. Slawson 5 La. 708 1850 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
McCarthy v. Lewis 5 La. 115 1850 0 Sales, redhibition, damages Louisiana
State v. Jerry 4 La. Ann. 190 1849 0 Murder, jury selection Louisiana
Arnoult v. Deschapelles 4 La. Ann. 41 1849 0 Murder, damages, evidence, criminal law, liability Louisiana
McCalop v. Hereford 4 La. Ann. 185 1849 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, pledges Louisiana
Frierson v. Irwin 5 La. 525 1850 0 Property, sales, theft, petitory action, marriage, contracts, recordation, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, usufruct Louisiana
David v. Beelman 5 La. 545 1850 0 Property, leases, reconventional demand Louisiana
Dolliole v. White 5 La. 98 1850 0 Freedom suit, sales Louisiana
Ledoux v. Rucker 4 La. Ann. 218 1849 0 Seizure, interest, custodial costs Louisiana
Weingerter v. White 5 La. 487 1850 0 Sales, judicial seizure, fraud, prescription, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Anderson v. Dacosta 4 La. Ann. 136 1849 0 Sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana