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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Benoit v. Broussard 19 La. 387 1841 0 Successions, sales, agency, contracts, property Louisiana
Back v. Meeks 1 La. 309 1830 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Comeau v. Fontenot 19 La. 406 1841 0 Property, community property, successions, sales Louisiana
Foutelet v. Murrell 9 La. 291 1836 0 Injunction, sales, seizure, successions, property, community property, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Turnbull v. Towles's Executrix 10 La. 254 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Torts, damages, witness testimony, negligence Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thibodeaux 19 La. 439 1841 0 Tutorship, sales, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Chase v. Mayor 9 La. 343 1836 0 Runaway enslaved person, sales, liability, bailment Louisiana
Winn v. Twogood 9 La. 422 1836 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Zollikoffer v. Briggs, Lacoste & Co. 19 La. 521 1841 0 Sales, conflict of laws, trusts, property, injunction, damages Louisiana
Chardon's Heirs v. Bongue 9 La. 458 1836 0 Successions, wills, emancipation, fraud, capacity Louisiana
Marie Louise v. Marot 9 La. 473 1836 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, damages Louisiana
Rowley v. Rowley 19 La. 557 1841 0 Community property, property, divorce, partition, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Markham v. Close 2 La. 581 1831 0 Sales, criminal law, peremptory exception, property, battery, property Louisiana
Borel v. Fusillier 2 La. 570 1831 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, property Louisiana
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Kemp's Heirs v. Kemp's Executors 11 La. 19 1837 0 Successions, donation, partnerships, debts, privileges, promissory notes, partition Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana