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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gorton v. Barbin 7 Mart. (n.s.) 248 1828 0 Damages, robbery, property, liability, criminal law Louisiana
Saulet v. Loiseau 6 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1819 0 Sales, warranty, recission, redhibition, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Girod v. Lewis 6 Mart. (o.s.) 559 1819 0 Marriage, manumission, capacity, contracts, emancipation Louisiana
Spraggins v. White's Executors 4 Mart. (n.s.) 297 1826 0 Partnerships, liquidation, sales, property Louisiana
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
Wall v. Hampton 2 Mart. (n.s.) 361 1824 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, fraud, sales, successions Louisiana
Rouville v. Rouville 6 Mart. (o.s.) 702 1819 0 Successions, property, wills, sales, evidence Louisiana
Heirs of Cole v. Cole's Executors 7 Mart. (n.s.) 414 1829 0 Forced heirs, successions, promissory notes, evidence, capacity, wills, donations, emancipation Louisiana
Castellano v. Peillon 2 Mart. (n.s.) 466 1824 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana
Marie v. Avart 6 Mart. (o.s.) 731 1819 0 Wills, emancipation, freedom suit, sales Louisiana
Gayoso v. Wikoff 7 Mart. (n.s.) 486 1829 0 Fraud, petitory action, damages, sequestration, reconventional demand, property, possessory action Louisiana
Ulzire v. Poeyfarre 2 Mart. (n.s.) 504 1824 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Viales v. Viales' Syndics 7 Mart. (o.s.) 634 1820 0 Restitution, dowry, marriage, property, donations, privileges, successions, debts Louisiana
Tate v. Penne 7 Mart. (n.s.) 548 1829 0 Sales, petitory action, trusts, property, contracts Louisiana
State v. Edward 5 Mart. (o.s.) 474 1818 0 Libely, sales Louisiana
Adelle v. Beauregard 1 Mart. (o.s.) 183 1810 0 Freedom suit, fraud, evidence, wages Louisiana
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, intervenor, evidence, seizure, property, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Sikes v. Allen 2 Mart. (n.s.) 622 1824 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana