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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
Balfour v. Chew 5 Mart. (n.s.) 517 1827 0 Injunction, property, mortgages, seizure, wills, recordation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Mathurin v. Livaudais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 301 1827 0 Capacity, wills, property, emancipation, trusts, donations Louisiana
Overton v. Archinard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 207 1826 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions, syndic, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Dolliole v. White 5 La. 98 1850 0 Freedom suit, sales Louisiana
Arbuckle v. Bouny 5 La. 699 1850 0 Sales, freedom suit, damages Louisiana
Conant v. Guesnard 5 La. 696 1850 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
Matthews v. Wilson 5 La. 691 1850 0 Contracts, sales, property Louisiana
Dees v. Seale 5 La. 688 1850 0 Sales, partition, marital property Louisiana
Young v. Young 5 La. 611 1850 0 Successions, marital property Louisiana
Dupre v. Prescott 5 La. 592 1850 0 Successions, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Dupre v. Desmaret 5 La. 591 1850 0 Successions, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Same Case - On an Application for Re-hearing 5 La. 531 1850 0 Property, sales, theft, petitory action, marriage, contracts, recordation, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, usufruct Louisiana
Myers v. Slack 5 La. 53 1833 0 Torts, employment, contracts, negligence Louisiana
Frierson v. Irwin 5 La. 525 1850 0 Property, sales, theft, petitory action, marriage, contracts, recordation, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, usufruct Louisiana
Weingerter v. White 5 La. 487 1850 0 Sales, judicial seizure, fraud, prescription, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Haggerty v. Corri 5 La. 433 1850 0 Sales, possessory action Louisiana
Rankin v. Stewart 5 La. 357 1850 0 Agency, sales, property, leases Louisiana
Pemberton v. Zacharie 5 La. 310 1833 0 Promissory notes, obligations, sales, property, debts, contracts, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Scott v. Featherston 5 La. 306 1850 0 Suretyship, property, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, privileges, subrogation Louisiana