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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana
Weld v. Peters 1 La. Ann. 432 1846 0 Seizure, property, debts, sales, bonds, partnerships Louisiana
Johnson v. Weld 8 La. Ann. 126 1853 0 Red judicata, property, donations Louisiana
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Sequestration, property, privileges, successions, sales Louisiana
Reed v. Crocker 12 La. Ann. 436 1857 0 Wills, property, forced heirs Louisiana
State v. Karn 16 La. Ann. 183 1861 0 Criminal Louisiana
Paty v. Martin 15 La. Ann. 620 1860 0 Sale of "defective' slave Louisiana
Gonor v. Gonor 11 Rob. 526 1845 0 Community property, consideration, privileges, sales, parol evidence, contracts Louisiana
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 False confessions, murder, criminal law Louisiana
Sandoz v. Gary 11 Rob. 529 1845 0 Petitory action, property, successions, prescription, sales, fraud, emancipation, suretyship, seizure Louisiana
Fuentes v. Caballero 1 La. Ann. 27 1846 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission, damages Louisiana
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Gay v. Kendig 2 Rob. 472 1842 0 Promissory notes, warranty, redhibition, recission, sales Louisiana
Guier v. Guier 7 La. Ann. 103 1852 0 Sales, successions, property, usufruct Louisiana
Chapman v. Woodward 16 La. Ann. 167 1861 0 Property Louisiana
Folse v. Kittridge 15 La. Ann. 222 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Mortgages, sales, possessory action Louisiana
Tom v. Ernest 15 La. Ann. 44 1860 0 Property, Successions, Louisiana
Mayes v. Smith 11 Rob. 505 1845 0 Injunction, sales, damages Louisiana
King v. Neely 14 La. Ann. 165 1859 0 Sales, Louisiana