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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Consolidated Ass'n v. Comeau 3 La. Ann. 552 1848 0 Prescription, bonds, obligations, leases, mortgages, stocks, successions, intervenor, hypothecary action, preemption, sales, property Louisiana
Ross v. Ross 3 La. Ann. 533 1848 1 Louisiana
West v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 529 1848 1 Louisiana
State v. Ritchie 3 La. Ann. 511 1848 0 Conversion, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Succession of Fitzwilliams 3 La. Ann. 489 1848 0 Successions, community property, usufruct, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Carlisle v. Holton 3 La. Ann. 48 1848 1 Louisiana
Ward v. Warfield 3 La. Ann. 468 1848 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, fraud, damages, parol evidence, paternships, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Davis v. Glenn 3 La. Ann. 444 1848 0 Contracts, damages, breach, default, obligations, payment in kind, property Louisiana
Coby v. Kock 3 La. Ann. 439 1848 0 Sales, emancipation, sequestration, emancipation Louisiana
Succession of Holbert 3 La. Ann. 436 1848 1 Louisiana
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co. v. Morton 3 La. Ann. 417 1848 1 Louisiana
Millaudon v. Price 3 La. Ann. 4 1848 1 Louisiana
State v. Lewis 3 La. Ann. 398 1848 0 Criminal law, muder, habeas corpus, statutory interpretation Louisiana
McDowell v. Read 3 La. Ann. 391 1848 0 Fieri facias, garnishments, property, conflict of laws, trusts, fraud, deeds Louisiana
Smalley v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 386 1848 1 Louisiana
Foxworth v. Burckhalter 3 La. Ann. 365 1848 0 Sequestration, bonds, suretyship, judicial seizure, simulation, fraud Louisiana