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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patterson v. Hall 1 La. Ann. 108 1846 0 Trusts, debts, mortgages, obligations, seizure, sales, novation, property, sequestration, privileges Louisiana
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Fernandez v. Bein 1 La. Ann. 32 1846 0 Sales, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, debts, emancipation, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Lefebvre v. De Montilly 1 La. Ann. 42 1846 0 Sales, property, fraud, res judicata Louisiana
Josephine v. Poultney 1 La. Ann. 329 1846 0 Conflict of laws, freedom suit Louisiana
Escurieux v. Chapdu 12 La. 520 1846 0 Seizure, successions, witness testimony, sales, promissory notes Louisiana
Keller v. McCalop 12 La. 639 1846 0 Wills, emancipation, property, capacity Louisiana
M'Gary v. President of Lafayette 12 La. 668 1846 1 Louisiana
Copley v. Lambeth 1 La. Ann. 316 1846 0 Sales, bonds, suretyship, litigious rights Louisiana
McFarlane v. Richardson 1 La. Ann. 12 1846 0 Mortgages, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Stevens v. Wellington 1 La. Ann. 72 1846 0 Petitory action, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, contracts, garnishment, agency, delivery, torts Louisiana
Chabert v. Beard 12 La. 397 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Lee v. Lee 1 La. Ann. 318 1846 0 Sales, conflict of laws, intervenor, witness testimony, interrogatories, property Louisiana
Rost v. Henderson 12 La. 549 1846 0 Wills, partition, emancipation, manumission Louisiana
Spurlock v. Mainer 1 La. Ann. 301 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, hypothecary action, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Copley v. Ross 1 La. Ann. 310 1846 0 Seizure, property, damages, slander, sales Louisiana
Commissioners of the Exchange & Banking Co. of New Orleans v. Bein 12 La. 578 1846 1 Louisiana
French v. Landis 12 La. 633 1846 1 Louisiana
Beaumon v. Thomas 1 La. Ann. 284 1846 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, privileges, sequestration, pledges, sales, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Lebœuf v. Merle 1 La. Ann. 144 1846 0 Subgrogation, fieri facias, seizure, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, community property, suretyship, bonds, warranty Louisiana