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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Delahoussaye v. Delacroix 4 La. 371 1832 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, property, privileges, sales, discussion, prescription, seizure Louisiana
Lewis v. Cartwright 7 La. 186 1844 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws Louisiana
Hicky v. Sharp 4 La. 335 1832 0 Sales, successions, debt, promissory notes, suretyship Louisiana
Reed v. Palfrey 4 La. 161 1832 0 Freedom suit, damages, warranty, eviction Louisiana
Dwight v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 459 1847 0 Sales, freedom suit, eviction, seizure, bonds, obligations Louisiana
Mishon v. Bein 7 La. 146 1844 0 Petitory action, usufruct, successions Louisiana
Cox v. Camp 6 Rob. 425 1844 0 Community property, warranty, sales, simulation, mortgages Louisiana
Durnford v. Clark's Estate 3 La. 199 1831 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages, sales, privileges, prescription, debts Louisiana
Cooney's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 156 1834 0 Successions, partition, petitory action, sales, warranty, damages, seizure, mortgages, debts, property Louisiana
Newson v. Adams 3 La. 231 1832 0 Community property, damages, successions, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana
Heirs of Thompson v. Bell 4 La. 447 1832 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, mortgages, privileges, discussion, dilatory exception, property Louisiana
Cecile v. St. Denis 9 Rob. 231 1844 0 Sales, fraud, property, contracts, damages, simulation Louisiana
Spencer v. Conrad 9 Rob. 78 1844 0 Successions, community property, contracts, promissory notes, sales, prescription Louisiana
Pierse v. Amonett 2 La. Ann. 357 1847 0 Possessory action, sales, seizure, suretyship Louisiana
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Recovery of murder of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Cable v. Syndic of Hazleton's Estate 4 La. 560 1832 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, property, syndic, community property, sales, privileges Louisiana
Perry v. Holloway 6 La. Ann. 265 1851 0 Property, sales, partnerships Louisiana
Richardson v. Pumphrey 2 La. Ann. 448 1847 0 Partnerships, fraud, contracts, damges, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Lewis v. Gibson 9 Rob. 146 1844 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana