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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hamilton v. Hamilton 6 Mart. (n.s.) 143 1827 0 Partition, successions, capacity, wills, property, mortgages, sales, collation Louisiana
Bray's Executrix v. Bray 16 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, wills, property, sales, partition, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Rabun v. Pierson 23 La. Ann. 696 1871 0 Property/debts of freed slaves Louisiana
Delaporte v. Bourg 20 La. 152 1868 0 Secured Transactions, Debt Louisiana
Palfrey v. Rivas 7 Mart. (o.s.) 371 1820 0 Runaway enslaved person, sales, arrest, negligence Louisiana
Cook v. Parkarson 16 La. 129 1840 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, damages Louisiana
Adams v. Gaynard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 248 1826 0 Petitory action, debts, promissory notes, witness testimony, best evidence rule, subrogation, sales Louisiana
Dismukes v. Musgrove 8 Mart. (n.s.) 375 1829 0 Res judicata, trusts, property, unavailable witness, sales, successions, conflict of laws Louisiana
Crummen v. Cavenah 1 Mart. (n.s.) 532 1823 0 Mortgages, property, contracts, giving in payment Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Lafon's Heirs v. His Executors 3 Mart. (n.s.) 707 1825 0 Successions, intervenor, privileges, property, sales, wages, prescription Louisiana
Levistones v. Landreaux 6 La. Ann. 26 1851 0 Patnerships, property, sales, contracts Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Wills, successions, property, legacies Louisiana
Dangerfield v. Fauver 19 La. Ann. 171 1867 0 Property - Replevin Louisiana
Louis v. Cabarrus 7 La. 170 1834 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, damages, sales, emancipation Louisiana
Laplace v. Haydel 19 La. Ann. 363 1867 0 Wills, Debts Louisiana
Clark v. State Bank 3 La. Ann. 325 1848 0 Judicial seizure, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Schlatre v. Greaud 19 La. Ann. 125 1867 0 Mortgage, sale of slaves Louisiana
Pelham v. Steamboat Messenger 16 La. Ann. 99 1861 0 Sale of Slave, Death of Slave Louisiana
Overton v. Archinard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 207 1826 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions, syndic, seizure, mortgages Louisiana