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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Goodloe v. Hart 2 La. 446 1831 0 Promissory notes, sales, warranty, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Bullard v. Phillips 3 La. 151 1831 0 Sales, possessory action, sequestration, mortgages, debts, successions, partition, property Louisiana
Joseph v. Moreno 2 La. 460 1831 0 Contracts, specific performance, petitory action, community property, sales Louisiana
Doswell v. Buchanan's Ex'ors 30 Va. 365 1831 1 Virginia
Labbe's Heirs v. Abat 2 La. 553 1831 0 Successions, property, community property, divorcesales, simulation, fraud, injunction, partition, consideration, capacity, hypothecary action, adultery, criminal law Louisiana
Hodder v. Nelder 2 La. 525 1831 0 Successions, partnerships, wills, property Louisiana
Beale's Heirs v. De Gruy 2 La. 468 1831 0 Sales, mortgages, promissory notes, redhibition, recission, damages, successions, contracts Louisiana
Borel v. Fusillier 2 La. 570 1831 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, property Louisiana
Bocod v. Jacobs 2 La. 408 1831 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Manumission of slaves SC of PA.
Paxson v. Lefferts 3 Rawle 59 1831 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Dismukes v. Musgrove 2 La. 335 1831 0 Sales, trusts, fraud, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Kemp v. Wamack 2 La. 272 1831 0 Tutorship, successions, wages, liquidation Louisiana
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 Slave Importation United States
Erwin's Executors v. Trion 2 La. 305 1831 0 Property, sales, successions, contracts, mortgages, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Sample v. Lamb's Curator 2 La. 275 1831 0 Wages, successions, contracts, privileges, damages Louisiana
McMaster v. Beckwith 2 La. 329 1831 0 Damages, torts, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lum v. Kelso 3 La. 64 1831 0 Sales, sequestration, injunction, privileges, mortgages, fraud, simulation, community property, debts Louisiana
Bronaugh v. Bowles 3 La. 120 1831 0 Agencys, successions, property, sales, damages, partition, community property, debts Louisiana
Durnford v. Clark's Estate 3 La. 199 1831 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages, sales, privileges, prescription, debts Louisiana