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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rost v. Henderson 12 La. 549 1846 0 Wills, partition, emancipation, manumission Louisiana
Balot y Ripoll v. Moriña 12 La. 552 1846 0 Successions, property, wills, seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, legitimacy Louisiana
Pannell's Heirs v. Overton 12 La. 555 1838 0 Syndic, property, community property, mortgages, contracts, petitory action, Louisiana
Compton v. Prescott 12 La. 56 1845 0 Successions, capacity, marriage, wills, property, legitimacy, onerous contracts, testamentary intent, partition Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Commissioners of the Exchange & Banking Co. of New Orleans v. Bein 12 La. 578 1846 1 Louisiana
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Property, damages, successions, sales, adverse possession Louisiana
Mason v. Mason's Widow & Heirs 12 La. 589 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, donations, community property, promissory notes, collation Louisiana
Hamilton v. Michel 12 La. 593 1846 0 Injunctions, seizure, sales, property, notice, parol evidence Louisiana
Baudoin v. Nicolas 12 La. 594 1846 0 Privileges, property, seizure, sales, witness testimony Louisiana
Lafon v. De Armas 12 La. 598 1846 1 Louisiana
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty, damages, personal jurisdiction, property, prescription Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
French v. Landis 12 La. 633 1846 1 Louisiana
Mitchell v. Cooley 12 La. 636 1846 1 Louisiana
Keller v. McCalop 12 La. 639 1846 0 Wills, emancipation, property, capacity Louisiana
Riley v. Wilcox 12 La. 648 1846 0 Agency, property, sales, contracts, partition, employment, witness testimony, breach Louisiana
Smith v. McMicken 12 La. 653 1846 1 Louisiana
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Sequestration, property, privileges, successions, sales Louisiana
M'Gary v. President of Lafayette 12 La. 668 1846 1 Louisiana