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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Injunction, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, seizure, sales, recission, promissory notes, warranty, damages Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Bob & Milly v. Nugent's Syndics 15 La. 63 1840 0 Freedom suit, wills, successions, emancipation, conflict of laws, syndic, privileges Louisiana
Lambert v. Franchebois 16 La. 1 1840 0 Property, community property, seizure, sales, damages, debts Louisiana
Armor v. Lewis 16 La. 331 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Thomas v. Generis 16 La. 483 1840 0 Freedom suit, sales, property, conflict of laws, emancipation Louisiana
Hoover v. Glasscock 16 La. 242 1840 0 Tutorship, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, laches, contracts, obligations Louisiana
Hempkin v. Bowmar 16 La. 363 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, fraud, simulation, debts, contracts, privileges Louisiana
Armor v. Huie 14 La. 346 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Smith v. Bradford 14 La. 281 1840 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, debts, damages Louisiana
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Property, successions, tutorship Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Brander v. Bowmar 16 La. 370 1840 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Nelson v. Botts 16 La. 596 1840 0 Property, employment law, wages, sequestration Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana