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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bacon v. Leeds 6 La. Ann. 804 1851 0 Suretyship, runaway enslaved person, leases, redhibition Louisiana
Thompson v. Mylne 6 La. Ann. 80 1851 0 Sales, property, contracts, mortgages, partition, partnerships, wills, obligations Louisiana
Succession of Connolly 6 La. Ann. 795 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Successions, property, contract Louisiana
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Sales, prescription, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Wallis v. Thomas 6 La. Ann. 76 1851 0 Sales, judicial seizure Louisiana
Nachtrib v. Prague 6 La. Ann. 759 1851 0 Employment law, prescription, partnerships Louisiana
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Mortgages, sales, possessory action Louisiana
Hall v. Hill 6 La. Ann. 745 1851 0 Wills, property, possessory action, sales Louisiana
Desha v. Jones 6 La. Ann. 743 1851 0 Judicial seizure, sales Louisiana
Hanna v. Pritchard 6 La. Ann. 730 1851 0 Donations, marital property, sales Louisiana
Hough v. Vickers 6 La. Ann. 724 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Sargent v. Slatter 6 La. Ann. 72 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, prescription, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana
Webster v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 719 1851 0 Property, inheritence, conflict of laws, donation mortis causa Louisiana
Emswiler v. Burham 6 La. Ann. 710 1851 0 Simulation, conversion, sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Dwyer v. Cane 6 La. Ann. 707 1851 0 Employment law Louisiana
Smith v. Nicholson 6 La. Ann. 704 1851 0 Trespass, conversion, successions, peremption Louisiana
Patrick v. Bryan 6 La. Ann. 699 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, sales, property Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana