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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bornet v. Davis 1 La. Ann. 339 1846 0 Freedom suit, damages, sales, warranty, litigious rights Louisiana
Haydel v. Roussel 1 La. Ann. 35 1846 0 Successions, tutorship, promissory notes, partition, sales, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Richardson v. Johnson 1 La. Ann. 389 1846 0 Contracts, warranty, redhibition, quanti minoris, damages, recission Louisiana
Cottle v. Wilson 1 La. Ann. 4 1846 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Rideau v. Bornet 1 La. Ann. 408 1846 0 Sales, damages, petitory action, fieri facias, sequestration Louisiana
Lefebvre v. De Montilly 1 La. Ann. 42 1846 0 Sales, property, fraud, res judicata Louisiana
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Bailment, torts Louisiana
Weld v. Peters 1 La. Ann. 432 1846 0 Seizure, property, debts, sales, bonds, partnerships Louisiana
Michel v. Dolliole 1 La. Ann. 459 1846 0 Emancipation, successions, sales, property, delivery Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Farrar 1 La. Ann. 49 1846 0 Bonds, mortgages, community property, contracts, capacity, obligations Louisiana
Jorda v. Lewis 1 La. Ann. 59 1846 0 Fieri facias, seizure, damages, consideration, property, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Stevens v. Wellington 1 La. Ann. 72 1846 0 Petitory action, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, contracts, garnishment, agency, delivery, torts Louisiana
Newsum v. Newsum 1 Leigh 86 1829 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Bernard v. Vignaud 1 Mart. (n.s.) 1 1823 0 Witness testimony, evidence, mortgages, bankruptcy, syndics, sales, property, seizure, trusts, damages, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Reynaud v. Guillotte 1 Mart. (n.s.) 227 1823 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, prescription, witness testimony Louisiana
Montegut v. Dauphin 1 Mart. (n.s.) 258 1823 0 Sequestration, wages Louisiana
Potter v. Richardson 1 Mart. (n.s.) 276 1823 0 Sales, mortgages, seizure, damages, eviction, bonds, property, injunction Louisiana
Vannorght v. Foreman 1 Mart. (n.s.) 352 1823 0 Sales, warranty, witness testimony, obligations, property, successions Louisiana
Morrison v. Trudeau 1 Mart. (n.s.) 384 1823 0 Successions, privileges, mortgages, sales, debts, seizure, property Louisiana
Delery v. Bunle's Under-Tutor 1 Mart. (n.s.) 451 1823 0 Recission, promissory notes, simulation, parol evidence, fraud Louisiana