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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Staples v. Bouligny 10 Rob. 424 1845 0 Seizure, writ of fifa, sales Louisiana
Hooper v. Union Bank 10 Rob. 63 1845 0 Mortgages, recordation, property, promissory notes, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Prevost v. Martel 10 Rob. 512 1845 0 Wills, property, legitimacy, emancipation, capacity, successions Louisiana
Hanna v. Bartlette 10 Rob. 438 1845 0 Contracts, reconventional demand Louisiana
Felps v. Commissioners of the Clinton & Port Hudson Rail Road 10 Rob. 89 1845 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, property, obligations Louisiana
McCargo v. Merchants Insurance 10 Rob. 349 1845 0 Insurance policy, emancipation, murder Louisiana
McCargo v. New Orleans Insurance 10 Rob. 202 1845 0 Insurance policy, emancipation, murder Louisiana
Lockett v. Merchants Insurance 10 Rob. 339 1845 0 Insurance policy, proceeds, liability Louisiana
Stewart v. Pickard 10 Rob. 18 1845 0 Community property, sales, successions, prescription, donations Louisiana
Gustine v. Union Bank 10 Rob. 412 1845 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, property, reconventional demand, suspensive condition, contracts, obligations, suretyship, privileges Louisiana
Farmer v. Fisk 9 Rob. 351 1844 0 Redhibition, warranty, sales, recission, damages, runaway enslaved person, quanti minoris Louisiana
Milo v. Lynch 9 Rob. 98 1844 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, Louisiana
Turner v. Parker 10 Rob. 154 1845 0 Property, privileges, mortgages, seizure, sales, community property Louisiana
De Gruy v. His Creditors 9 Rob. 458 1845 0 Property, syndic, sales, privileges, sequestration Louisiana
President of the Planters Bank v. Watson 9 Rob. 267 1844 0 Prescription, fraud, simulation, promissory notes, property, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
Lallande v. Lee 9 Rob. 514 1845 0 Property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, recission, damages, subrogation Louisiana
Calderwood v. Trent 9 Rob. 227 1844 0 Property, seizure, sales, privileges, fraud, injunction Louisiana
Mazerolle v. Françoise 9 Rob. 528 1845 0 Successions, emancipation, sales Louisiana
Offutt v. Edwards 9 Rob. 90 1844 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, bonds, damages Louisiana