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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hiligsberg v. New-Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 6 La. 228 1834 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission Louisiana
Moore v. Gibson 6 La. 155 1834 0 Seizure, property, debts, sales, recission, injunction, privileges, suretyship Louisiana
Raspillier v. Brownson 7 La. 231 1834 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, damages, contracts, privity Louisiana
Harrison v. Faulk 6 La. 80 1833 0 Sales, property, contracts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Salnave v. McDonough's Executor 6 La. 357 1834 0 Successions, privileges, prescription, loans, property Louisiana
Melancon's Widow v. His Executor 6 La. 105 1833 0 Successions, property, community property, debts, wills Louisiana
Testamentary Executor of Lewis v. Casenave 6 La. 437 1834 0 Successions, sales, property, delivery, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Boree v. Kellar 7 La. 500 1835 0 Petitory action, default judgment Louisiana
Keys v. Powell 7 La. 143 1834 0 Successions, sales, community property, sequestration, prescription Louisiana
Broussard v. Bernard 7 La. 211 1834 0 Community property, property, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
Stoker v. Leavenworth 7 La. 390 1834 0 Liability, torts, murder, damages, removal, domicil, subject matter jurisdiction Louisiana
Key v. Walker 7 La. 297 1834 0 Damages, eviction, property, seizure, sales, mortgages, warranty Louisiana
Burroughs v. Nettles 7 La. 113 1834 0 Promissory notes, fraud, property, community property, sales, redhibition, recission, damages, witness testimont Louisiana
Heirs of Kimball v. Heirs of Lopez 7 La. 173 1834 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, prescription, warranty, property, petitory action Louisiana
Hill v. Miller 7 La. Ann. 621 1852 0 Obligations, suretyship, property, mortgages Louisiana
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 7 La. Ann. 692 1852 0 Successions, property, wills, donations, privileges Louisiana
Baldree v. Davenport 7 La. Ann. 589 1852 0 Property, quit claim deed Louisiana
Acklen v. Franklin 7 La. Ann. 395 1852 0 Successions, property, trusts, domicile, conflict of laws, marital property Louisiana
Grover v. Clarke 7 La. Ann. 174 1852 0 Partnerships, property, wills, partition, marital property Louisiana
Wright v. Trustees of the Bank 7 La. Ann. 123 1852 0 Trusts, Sales, property, mortgages, prescription, privileges Louisiana