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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Palfrey v. Rivas 7 Mart. (o.s.) 371 1820 0 Runaway enslaved person, sales, arrest, negligence Louisiana
Davis v. Curtis 3 Mart. (n.s.) 142 1824 0 Torts, murder, evidence Louisiana
McLean v. Elliot 26 La. Ann. 385 1874 0 Property/"Slave consideration" Louisiana
Hall v. Chachere 25 La. Ann. 493 1873 0 Property Louisiana
Batey v. Woolfolk 20 La. 385 1868 0 Mortgage, deeds Louisiana
Lynch v. Heirs of Lynch 23 La. Ann. 242 1871 0 Property/Inheritance Louisiana
Lacroix v. Menard 6 Mart. (n.s.) 98 1827 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, mandates, intervenor, contracts Louisiana
Calvet v. Calvet 8 Mart. (n.s.) 301 1829 0 Successions, sequestration, intervenor Louisiana
Abat v. Casteres 3 Mart. (n.s.) 220 1825 0 Sales, property, contracts, redhibition Louisiana
Duncan v. Cevallos' Ex'rs 4 Mart. (o.s.) 571 1817 0 Sales, fraud, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, evidence, witness testimony, recission Louisiana
Bayon v. Mollere 4 Mart. (o.s.) 621 1817 0 Petitory action, damages, sales, evidence Louisiana
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Revendication, successions, sales, property Louisiana
Clark v. Preston 2 La. Ann. 580 1847 0 Successions, community property, sales, wills, debts, promissory notes, testamentary intent Louisiana
Mary v. Morris 7 La. 135 1834 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, damages, sequestration, conflict of laws, successions, property, manumission Louisiana
Brown v. Brown 15 La. Ann. 169 1860 0 Wills, Sales, recovery of enslaved persons. Louisiana
Samory v. Hebrard 17 La. 555 1841 0 Fieri facias, property, interrogatories, simulation, fraud, privileges, obligations Louisiana
New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Botts 9 Rob. 305 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, warranty Louisiana
Guilliet v. Erwin 7 La. 580 1835 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, prescription Louisiana
Mayes v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 669 1818 0 Sales, delivery, consideration, promissory notes, property, seizure, evidence Louisiana
Baron v. Phelan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 88 1816 0 Debts, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, privileges, damages, seizure, mortgages, restitution Louisiana