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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Hooper v. Hyams 1 Rob. 90 1841 0 Injunction, sales, redhibition, recission, successions, suretyship Louisiana
Jordan v. Black 1 Rob. 575 1842 0 Petitory action, title, successions, trusts, emamcipation, sequestration, conflict of laws Louisiana
Cawthorn v. McDonald 1 Rob. 57 1841 0 Sales Louisiana
Cawthorn v. McDonald 1 Rob. 55 1841 0 Damages, sales, seizure, mortgages, recordation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Kiper v. Nuttall 1 Rob. 46 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales, warranty, redhibition Louisiana
Bertie v. Walker 1 Rob. 431 1842 0 Community property, sales, seizure Louisiana
Stanbrough v. Scott 1 Rob. 43 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, privileges Louisiana
Thomas v. Selser 1 Rob. 425 1842 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Stewart v. Pickard 1 Rob. 415 1842 0 Partition, community property, successions, property Louisiana
Palmer v. Taylor 1 Rob. 412 1842 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Wafer v. Pratt 1 Rob. 41 1841 0 Fieri facias, sales, adverse possession, damages, seizure, property Louisiana
Hart v. Foley 1 Rob. 378 1842 0 Community property, promissory notes, property, obligations, privileges, fieri facias, sales, successions, mortgages, prescription, partition Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 1 Rob. 376 1842 0 Property, simulation, seizure, sales, contracts Louisiana
Kemp v. Womack 1 Rob. 369 1842 0 Successions, prescription, adverse possession Louisiana
Terrell v. Cutrer 1 Rob. 367 1842 0 Property, community property, syndic, successions, agency Louisiana
Porche v. L'Admirault 1 Rob. 365 1842 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, intervenor Louisiana
Maria v. Edwards 1 Rob. 359 1842 0 Freedom suit, wills, emancipation, witness testimony Louisiana
de Lalande v. Bormeau 1 Rob. 315 1842 0 Wills, property, emancipation, sales, contracts, recission, capacity Louisiana