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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Chretien 3 La. Ann. 116 1848 0 Property, promissory notes, mortgages, consideration, subrogation, successions, obligations Louisiana
Cartwright v. McMillen 3 La. Ann. 685 1848 0 Freedom suit, suspensive appeal, suretyship, damages, property, obligations Louisiana
Oglesby v. Drake 3 La. Ann. 640 1848 0 Judicial seizure, fraud, sales, simulation, privileges Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Succession of Williamson 3 La. Ann. 261 1848 0 Successions, administrator, domicile, property Louisiana
Thompson v. Kelso 3 La. Ann. 577 1848 0 Promissory notes, discussion, property, obligations, mortgages, debts Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Briscoe 3 La. Ann. 157 1848 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, bonds, property, contracts, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
State v. Ritchie 3 La. Ann. 511 1848 0 Conversion, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Petrie v. Wofford 3 La. Ann. 562 1848 0 Successions, community property, renunciation, partition, sales, contracts Louisiana
Havis v. Taylor 13 Ala. 324 1848 1 Alabama
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Moore v. Hampton 3 La. Ann. 192 1848 0 Petitory action, legacies, sales, prescription, property, mortgages, partition, partnerships, parol evidence Louisiana
Coiron v. Millaudon 3 La. Ann. 664 1848 0 Property, sales, successions, property, privileges, mandates, mortgages, fraud Louisiana
Britt v. Patterson 31 N.C. 197 1848 1 North Carolina
Waters v. Grayson 3 La. Ann. 595 1848 0 Successions, property, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
Richardson v. Wells 3 Tex. 223 1848 0 Will & trust Texas
Leggo v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 3 La. Ann. 138 1848 0 Mortgages, wills, usufruct, deeds Louisiana
Drew v. Chambliss 3 La. Ann. 246 1848 0 Judicial seizure, sales, property, contracts Louisiana