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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Perot v. Chambers 2 La. Ann. 800 1847 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, fieri facias, privileges, recordation Louisiana
Farrar v. Rowly 2 La. Ann. 475 1847 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, community property, stocks, seizure, sales, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Dunbar v. His Creditors 2 La. Ann. 727 1847 0 Successions, mortgages, privileges, community property, sales, prescription, debts Louisiana
Weathersby v. Huddleston 2 La. Ann. 845 1847 1 Louisiana
Cavelier v. Moss 2 La. Ann. 584 1847 0 Title, prescription, sales, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, eviction Louisiana
Succession of Macarty 2 La. Ann. 979 1847 1 Louisiana
Harvey v. Kendall 2 La. Ann. 748 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
State v. Gilbert 2 La. Ann. 244 1847 0 Criminal law, rape, confessions, res judicata, statutory interpretation, capital punishment, witness testimony Louisiana
State v. Fant 2 La. Ann. 837 1847 0 Criminal law, dram shop law Louisiana
Bienvenu v. Derbes 2 La. Ann. 771 1847 1 Louisiana
Florance v. Yorke 2 La. Ann. 995 1847 0 Garnishment, property, interrogatories, debts Louisiana
Succession of Guillemin 2 La. Ann. 634 1847 0 Successions, community property, prescription, testamentary dispositions, wills, contracts, conflict of laws, simulation, mortgages Louisiana
Wiley v. Hunter 2 La. Ann. 806 1847 1 Louisiana
Stachlin v. Destrehan 2 La. Ann. 1019 1847 0 Damages, larceny, battery, jury selection, property, trespass, jury instruction, venue Louisiana
Ingram v. Richardson 2 La. Ann. 839 1847 1 Louisiana
Bell v. Murphy 2 La. Ann. 765 1847 0 Promissory notes, successions, mortgages, property Louisiana
Sandridge v. Jones 2 La. Ann. 933 1847 0 Laibility, runaway enslaved person, debts, seizure, laches Louisiana
Dwight v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 459 1847 0 Sales, freedom suit, eviction, seizure, bonds, obligations Louisiana
Morris v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 259 1847 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, successions, seizure, community property Louisiana
Neda v. Fontenot 2 La. Ann. 782 1847 0 Successions, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, insolvency Louisiana