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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Conant v. Guesnard 5 La. 696 1850 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
Colvin v. Nelson 4 La. Ann. 544 1849 0 Donations, prohibited substitutions, property, partition, wills, successions Louisiana
Davis v. Davis 5 La. 561 1850 0 Successions, sales, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Succession of Dupuy 4 La. Ann. 570 1849 0 Wills, emancipation, property, mandates Louisiana
Crane v. Lewis 4 La. Ann. 320 1849 0 Conflict of laws, seizure, property, suretyship, possessory action, damages, contracts, torts, obligations Louisiana
Roy v. Latiolas 5 La. 552 1850 0 Prohibited substitutions, wills, propety, usufruct Louisiana
State v. Jerry 4 La. Ann. 190 1849 0 Murder, jury selection Louisiana
Arnoult v. Deschapelles 4 La. Ann. 41 1849 0 Murder, damages, evidence, criminal law, liability Louisiana
Frierson v. Irwin 5 La. 525 1850 0 Property, sales, theft, petitory action, marriage, contracts, recordation, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, usufruct Louisiana
David v. Beelman 5 La. 545 1850 0 Property, leases, reconventional demand Louisiana
Weingerter v. White 5 La. 487 1850 0 Sales, judicial seizure, fraud, prescription, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Anderson v. Dacosta 4 La. Ann. 136 1849 0 Sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana
Allen v. Campbell 5 La. 754 1850 0 Redhibition, warranty, sales Louisiana
Packwood v. Dorsey 4 La. Ann. 90 1849 0 Property, possessory action, damages, slander Louisiana
Walker v. Duverger 4 La. Ann. 569 1849 0 Marital property, sales, mortgages, successions Louisiana
O'Blennis v. Corri 5 La. 101 1850 0 Sales, witness competency Louisiana
Miller v. Miller 4 La. Ann. 354 1849 0 Emancipation, fraud, freedom suit, property Louisiana
Armor v. Amis 4 La. Ann. 192 1849 0 Suretyship, bonds, judicial seizure, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Gales v. Christy 4 La. Ann. 293 1849 0 Property, successions, sales, privileges, mortgages, prescription, contracts, seizure, trusts Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 12 1841 0 Property, successions, obligations, contracts, wills, sales Louisiana