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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mathews v. Boland 5 Rob. 200 1843 0 Freedom suit, fraud, witness testimony, contracts Louisiana
Forsyth v. Wilkinson 5 Rob. 263 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Rosine v. Bonnabel 5 Rob. 163 1843 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, parol evidence Louisiana
Petit v. Laville 5 Rob. 117 1843 0 Sales, promissory notes, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Second Municipality of New Orleans v. Commercial Bank 5 Rob. 151 1843 0 Taxes, property, exemptions Louisiana
Fanchonette v. Grangé 5 Rob. 510 1843 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, evidence Louisiana
Dickinson v. Goodin 5 Rob. 122 1843 0 Agency, mandates, redhibition, sales, obligations, property Louisiana
Preston v. Humphreys 5 Rob. 299 1843 0 Sales, successions, wills, property, partnerships, community property Louisiana
Dugat v. Comeau 5 Rob. 475 1843 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Hudson v. Grout 5 Rob. 499 1843 0 Sales, torts, loans Louisiana
Lobdell v. Burke 5 Rob. 93 1843 0 Sales, delivery, fraud, redhibition Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Henderson 3 Rob. 297 1842 0 Sales, seizure, privileges, prescription, obligations Louisiana
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Soubie v. Sougeron 5 Rob. 148 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Succession of Johnson 3 Rob. 216 1842 0 Promissory notes, successions, privileges, property, sales, seizure, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Blackstone v. His Creditors 3 Rob. 219 1842 0 Privileges, mortgages, sales, debts, property, fraud Louisiana
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Kohn v. Marsh 3 Rob. 48 1842 0 Sales, property, syndic, partnership, partition Louisiana
State v. Mexican Gulf Railway Co. 3 Rob. 513 1843 0 Mortgages, privileges, property, bonds, seizure, sales Louisiana
Lewis v. Morgan 14 La. Ann. 401 1859 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana