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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Cassidy v. His Creditors 6 Rob. 303 1843 0 Syndic, sales, mortgages, privileges, successions Louisiana
Denton v. Murdock 5 Rob. 127 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Rosine v. Bonnabel 5 Rob. 163 1843 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, parol evidence Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person, harboring enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
New Orleans Insurance v. Tio 15 La. Ann. 174 1860 0 Mortgages, Property, Louisiana
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Olivier v. Blancq 2 La. Ann. 517 1847 0 Promissory notes, privileges, wills, successions, consideration, donations, capacity Louisiana
Paty v. Martin 15 La. Ann. 620 1860 0 Sale of "defective' slave Louisiana
Waddell v. Judson 12 La. Ann. 13 1857 0 Mortgages, property, seziure Louisiana
Maples v. Mitty 12 La. Ann. 759 1857 0 Sales, successions, simulated donation, fraud Louisiana
Depas v. Riez 2 La. Ann. 30 1847 0 Community property, successions, privileges, debts, division in kind, promissory notes, usufruct Louisiana
Forsyth v. Wilkinson 5 Rob. 263 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Petit v. Laville 5 Rob. 117 1843 0 Sales, promissory notes, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Brainard v. Head 15 La. Ann. 489 1860 0 Runaway enslaved person, negligence, Louisiana
New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Webb 2 La. Ann. 526 1847 0 Successions, adminstrators, mortgages, property, privileges Louisiana
Arsene v. Pigneguy 2 La. Ann. 620 1847 0 Freedom suit, domicile, conflict of laws Louisiana