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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Vawter v. Gill 12 La. 423 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, damages Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 12 La. 394 1838 0 Community property, fraud, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Van Winckle v. Flecheaux 12 La. 148 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
M'Rae's Administratrix v. M'Rae 11 La. 571 1838 0 Successions, property, simulation, sales, capacity, property Louisiana
Frank v. Powell 11 La. 499 1838 0 Freedom suit, seizure, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire