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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Harrison v. Faulk 6 La. 80 1833 0 Sales, property, contracts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Nelson v. Botts 16 La. 596 1840 0 Property, employment law, wages, sequestration Louisiana
Salnave v. McDonough's Executor 6 La. 357 1834 0 Successions, privileges, prescription, loans, property Louisiana
Raspillier v. Brownson 7 La. 231 1834 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, damages, contracts, privity Louisiana
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Property, successions, tutorship Louisiana
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Interdiction, capacity, property Louisiana
Cook v. Parkarson 16 La. 129 1840 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, damages Louisiana
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, endorsement Louisiana
Moore v. Gibson 6 La. 155 1834 0 Seizure, property, debts, sales, recission, injunction, privileges, suretyship Louisiana
Hiligsberg v. New-Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 6 La. 228 1834 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission Louisiana
Melancon's Widow v. His Executor 6 La. 105 1833 0 Successions, property, community property, debts, wills Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Dangerfield v. Fauver 19 La. Ann. 171 1867 0 Property - Replevin Louisiana
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana
Bray's Executrix v. Bray 16 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, wills, property, sales, partition, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Myers v. Slack 6 La. 136 1834 0 Torts, negligence, contracts, employment, negligence Louisiana
Mahle v. Terry 16 La. 248 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure Louisiana
Kemper's Heirs v. Hulick 16 La. 44 1840 0 Possessory action, damages, property, successions, petitory action Louisiana
Testamentary Executor of Lewis v. Casenave 6 La. 437 1834 0 Successions, sales, property, delivery, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Marigny v. Perret 6 La. 695 1834 0 Community property, property, debts Louisiana