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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Petit v. Grandmont 2 Rob. 283 1842 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Powell v. McKee 4 La. Ann. 108 1849 0 Possessory action, property, fraud Louisiana
State v. Dick 4 La. Ann. 182 1849 0 Murder, criminal law, peremptory challenges, Louisiana
Succession of Wilson 12 La. Ann. 591 1857 0 Property, wills, fraudulent administration Louisiana
Thompson v. Mylne 4 La. Ann. 212 1849 0 Successions, property, partnerships, sales, intervenor Louisiana
Succession of Bringier 4 La. Ann. 389 1849 0 Successions, marital property, usufruct, mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Dyson v. Phelps 14 La. Ann. 722 1859 0 Successions, sales, property Louisiana
Young v. Carl 6 La. Ann. 412 1851 0 Property, wills, mortgages, successions, sales Louisiana
Gallian v. Cox 9 La. Ann. 500 1854 0 Estates, curatorship, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 10 La. Ann. 735 1855 0 taxes, property Louisiana
Skillman v. Lacy 5 Mart. (n.s.) 50 1826 0 Successions, capacity, mortgages, property, sales, seizure Louisiana
Surgat v. Potter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 365 1822 0 Sales, agency, mandates Louisiana
Wood v. Lewis 1 Mart. (n.s.) 594 1823 0 Evidence, default judgment, record Louisiana
Theriot v. Henderson 6 La. Ann. 222 1851 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand Louisiana
Johnson v. Field 5 Mart. (n.s.) 635 1827 0 Petitory action, property, sales Louisiana
Florance v. Yorke 2 La. Ann. 995 1847 0 Garnishment, property, interrogatories, debts Louisiana
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Hall v. Mulhollan 7 La. 383 1834 0 Petitory action, revendication, successions, sales, property, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
Pauline v. Hubert 14 La. Ann. 161 1859 0 Freedom suit Louisiana