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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of David 14 La. Ann. 730 1859 0 Mortgages, property Louisiana
Porter ex rel. Porter v. Blakemore 42 Tenn. 556 1865 0 Tennessee
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Calmes v. Duplantier 14 La. Ann. 814 1859 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Louisiana
Emerson's Heirs v. Hall 14 La. 1 1839 0 Criminal law, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, property Louisiana
M'Cabe v. Gentes 18 La. 31 1841 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, damages, mortgages Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, recission, sales Louisiana
Slatter v. Holton 19 La. 39 1841 0 Sequestration, privileges, conversion Louisiana
Saul v. Magee 10 La. 39 1836 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, property, damages Louisiana
Poydras v. Tusson 10 La. 46 1836 0 Sales, mortgages, seizure, sales, contracts, property Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, promissory notes Louisiana
Patin v. Her Creditors 9 La. 64 1836 0 Debts, property, privileges, mortgages, contracts, syndic, community property Louisiana
Taylor v. Knox 2 La. 16 1830 0 Privileges, sales, fraud, property, seizure, bankruptcy, contracts, debts Louisiana
Escurix v. Daboval 13 La. 87 1839 0 Damages, false imprisonment, seizure, sales, debts, privileges Louisiana
Dugat v. Markham 2 La. 29 1830 0 Community property, property, domicil, service, contracts, cause of action, clear and precise statement, improper joinder, res judicata, damages, eviction Louisiana
Hudson v. Dangerfield 2 La. 63 1830 0 Successions, property, seizure, injunction, partition Louisiana
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Seizure, sales, hypothecary action, injunction, property, intervenor Louisiana
Hebert v. Joly 5 La. 50 1833 0 Injunctions, sales, subrogation, mortgages, res judicata, suretyship, fraud, damages Louisiana
Ogden v. Blackman 3 Mart. (o.s.) 305 1814 0 Injunction, larcentt, criminal law Louisiana