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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Maranthe v. Hunter 11 La. Ann. 734 1856 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Porterfield v. Greenwood 10 La. Ann. 51 1855 0 Sales, seizure, title, debts Louisiana
State v. Adeline 11 La. Ann. 736 1856 0 Murder, execution, confessions Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Malone v. Kitching 10 La. Ann. 85 1855 0 Marital property, donations, marriage, judicial seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Hewes v. Barron 7 Mart. (n.s.) 134 1828 0 Contracts, sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Hamilton v. Hamilton 6 Mart. (n.s.) 143 1827 0 Partition, successions, capacity, wills, property, mortgages, sales, collation Louisiana
Eulalie v. Long 9 La. Ann. 9 1854 0 Kidnapping, emancipation Louisiana
Copelle v. Dalton 4 Mart. (n.s.) 123 1826 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Ferrer v. Bofil 11 Mart. (o.s.) 234 1822 0 Witness testimony, credibility, evidence, capacity,wills, successions, contracts, property, fraud, partnerships Louisiana
Gorton v. Barbin 7 Mart. (n.s.) 248 1828 0 Damages, robbery, property, liability, criminal law Louisiana
Saulet v. Loiseau 6 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1819 0 Sales, warranty, recission, redhibition, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Guillot v. Dossat 4 Mart. (o.s.) 203 1816 0 Partnership, licitation, runaway enslaved person, contracts, obligations, property, fraud, liability, damages Louisiana
Girod v. Lewis 6 Mart. (o.s.) 559 1819 0 Marriage, manumission, capacity, contracts, emancipation Louisiana
Hermann, Briggs & Co. v. Hootsell 18 La. 419 1841 0 Promissory notes, intervenor, sales, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Macarty v. Bond's Administrator 9 La. 351 1836 0 Sales, property, successions, damages, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Rouville v. Rouville 6 Mart. (o.s.) 702 1819 0 Successions, property, wills, sales, evidence Louisiana
Heirs of Cole v. Cole's Executors 7 Mart. (n.s.) 414 1829 0 Forced heirs, successions, promissory notes, evidence, capacity, wills, donations, emancipation Louisiana
Houghteling v. Fisher 19 La. 475 1841 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, damages Louisiana
M'Burney v. Flagg 11 La. 333 1837 0 Seizure, sales, property, community property, contracts, debts, mortgages, prescription Louisiana