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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Heath v. Lambeth 3 La. Ann. 361 1848 0 Successions, partnerships, property, sales, debts Louisiana
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
Oates v. Caffin 3 La. Ann. 339 1848 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, runaway enslaved person, conflict of laws Louisiana
Burton v. Chaney 3 La. Ann. 338 1848 0 Promissory notes, property, sales, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Bemiss v. Dwight 3 La. Ann. 337 1848 0 Sales, bonds, title, eviction, contracts Louisiana
Bibb v. Union Bank 3 La. Ann. 334 1848 0 Sheriff's sale, judicial seizure, prescription, mortgages, property, bonds, recordation, acquisitive prescription, hypothecary action Louisiana
Dubroca v. Her Husband 3 La. Ann. 331 1848 0 Community property, promissory notes, intervenor Louisiana
Vaughan v. Christine 3 La. Ann. 328 1848 0 Tutorship, successions, property, partition, intervenor, prescription, contracts, ratification Louisiana
Clark v. State Bank 3 La. Ann. 325 1848 0 Judicial seizure, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Succession of Harrell 3 La. Ann. 323 1848 1 Louisiana
Smith v. McMicken 3 La. Ann. 319 1848 1 Louisiana
Gibson v. Selby 3 La. Ann. 317 1848 1 Louisiana
Davidson v. Matthews 3 La. Ann. 316 1848 0 Sales, partition, title, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Louisiana State Bank v. Orleans Navigation Co. 3 La. Ann. 294 1848 1 Louisiana
Groves v. Steel 3 La. Ann. 280 1848 0 Parol evidence, property, debts, promissory notes, conflict of laws, consideration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Farrar v. Rowley 3 La. Ann. 276 1848 0 Privileges, property, mortgages, sales, reimbursement Louisiana
Foy v. Harper 3 La. Ann. 275 1848 1 Louisiana
Joor v. Craig 3 La. Ann. 267 1848 0 Community property, possessory action Louisiana
Putnam v. Davidson 3 La. Ann. 266 1848 0 Sales, successions, property, warranty of eviction Louisiana
Walsh v. Barrow 3 La. Ann. 265 1848 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand, witness testimony Louisiana