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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Copley v. Lambeth 9 Rob. 137 1844 0 Sales, property, bonds, damages Louisiana
Cecile v. St. Denis 9 Rob. 231 1844 0 Sales, fraud, property, contracts, damages, simulation Louisiana
Marsh v. Briant 9 Rob. 7 1844 0 Injunction, seizure, taxes, property Louisiana
Fazende v. Hagan 9 Rob. 306 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission Louisiana
Spencer v. Conrad 9 Rob. 78 1844 0 Successions, community property, contracts, promissory notes, sales, prescription Louisiana
Amis v. Bank of Louisiana 9 Rob. 348 1844 0 Property, sales, contracts, promissory notes, recission, fraud, personal jurisidiction Louisiana
Layson v. Rowan 7 La. 1 1844 0 Deeds, privileges, property, conflict of laws, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Routh v. Routh 9 Rob. 224 1844 0 Community property, privileges, conflict of laws, domicil Louisiana
Tupper v. Scott 7 La. 323 1844 0 Sales, property, mortgages, trusts, promissory notes Louisiana
Fortier v. Slidell 7 La. 398 1844 0 Sales, property, seizure, mortgages, community property Louisiana
Williams v. Bank of Louisiana 7 La. 316 1844 0 Mortgages, damages, property, sales, successions, privileges Louisiana
Plauché v. Roy 7 La. 453 1844 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, syndic, subrogation Louisiana
State v. Williams 7 La. 252 1844 0 Criminal law, insurrection, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bird v. Doiron 7 La. 181 1844 0 Partnerships, successions, property, privileges Louisiana
Wafer v. Hemken 9 Rob. 203 1844 0 Seizure, sales, damages, fraud, property, fieri facias Louisiana
Parkison v. Boyle 7 La. 82 1844 0 Suretyship, torts, sequestration Louisiana
Wilkinson v. Davis’s Administrator 1 Freem. Ch. 53 1844 1 Mississippi
Merritt v. Burgess 7 La. 434 1844 0 Petitory action, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Lewis v. Cartwright 7 La. 186 1844 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws Louisiana
Villeré v. Græter 7 La. 203 1844 0 Damages, murder, torts Louisiana