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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fontenot v. Her Husband 2 La. Ann. 780 1847 0 Community property, intervenor, sales, successions, tutorship, partition Louisiana
Hobgood v. Brown 2 La. Ann. 323 1847 0 Bonds, fieri facias, sales, seizure, property, fraud, simulation, contracts, privileges Louisiana
Succession of Harkins 2 La. Ann. 923 1847 0 Mortgages, privileges, successions, promissory notes, property, sales, prescription, debts, pledges Louisiana
Devall v. Boatner 2 La. Ann. 271 1847 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, property, res judicata Louisiana
Craighead v. Hynes 2 La. Ann. 150 1847 0 Successions, property Louisiana
Fisher v. Gordy 2 La. Ann. 762 1847 0 Fieri facias, community property, seizure, sale, contracts, debts, privileges Louisiana
Bell v. Murphy 2 La. Ann. 765 1847 0 Promissory notes, successions, mortgages, property Louisiana
Harvey v. Kendall 2 La. Ann. 748 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Farrar v. Rowly 2 La. Ann. 475 1847 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, community property, stocks, seizure, sales, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Freeman v. Stacy 2 La. Ann. 615 1847 0 Title, leases, sales, litigious rights, property, fieri facias Louisiana
Bank of Charleston v. Hagan 2 La. Ann. 999 1847 0 Power of attorney, mandates, promissory notes, contracts, deeds, obligations Louisiana
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Property, trusts, mortgages Louisiana
Thompson v. Mylne 6 La. Ann. 80 1851 0 Sales, property, contracts, mortgages, partition, partnerships, wills, obligations Louisiana
State v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 449 1851 0 Criminal law, larceny Louisiana
White v. Union Bank 6 La. Ann. 162 1851 0 Sales, property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Soniat 6 La. Ann. 65 1851 0 Judicial seizure, taxes, property, corporations Louisiana
Carmouche v. Bouis 6 La. Ann. 95 1851 0 Murder, property, self defense, trespass, larceny Louisiana
Hanna v. Pritchard 6 La. Ann. 730 1851 0 Donations, marital property, sales Louisiana
Webster v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 719 1851 0 Property, inheritence, conflict of laws, donation mortis causa Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana