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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Casanova's Heirs v. Acosta 1 La. 179 1830 0 Fraud, successions, community property, sales Louisiana
Ford v. Ford 1 La. 201 1830 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, partnerships, community property Louisiana
Benoit v. Hebert 1 La. 212 1830 0 Successions, property, simulation, fraud, partition Louisiana
Prudence v. Bermodi 1 La. 234 1830 0 Sales, emancipation, freedom suit, successions, property, simulation, fraud, debts Louisiana
Back v. Meeks 1 La. 309 1830 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hitchcock v. Harris 1 La. 311 1830 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, warranty, parol evidence, damages Louisiana
McCall v. Mercier 1 La. 343 1830 0 Community property, property, mortgages, successions, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Repplier v. Syndics of Gow 1 La. 474 1830 0 Privileges, debts, property, fraud, pledges, community property Louisiana
Hodder v. Shepherd 1 La. 505 1830 0 Successions, property, forced heir, debts Louisiana
Dearmond v. Curtis 1 La. 93 1830 0 Sales, property, community property, bonds, successions Louisiana
Rowe v. Hall 1 La. 97 1830 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages,delivery, property, contracts Louisiana
Patterson v. Hall 1 La. Ann. 108 1846 0 Trusts, debts, mortgages, obligations, seizure, sales, novation, property, sequestration, privileges Louisiana
McFarlane v. Richardson 1 La. Ann. 12 1846 0 Mortgages, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Musson v. Clayton 1 La. Ann. 122 1846 0 Redhibition, sales, damages, recission, larceny, pecuniary loss Louisiana
Cammack v. Watson 1 La. Ann. 132 1846 0 Damages, property, fraud, sales, simulation, consideration, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lebœuf v. Merle 1 La. Ann. 144 1846 0 Subgrogation, fieri facias, seizure, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, community property, suretyship, bonds, warranty Louisiana
Bertin v. Phillips 1 La. Ann. 173 1846 0 Petitory action, successions, criminal law, seizure, sales, property, damages Louisiana
Michel v. Her Husband 1 La. Ann. 174 1846 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, property, witness testimony, ypothecary action Louisiana
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana