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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Poydras v. Patin 5 La. 324 1833 0 Seizure, sales, property, sales, mortgages, suretyship, injunction Louisiana
Hitchcock v. Harris 1 La. 311 1830 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, warranty, parol evidence, damages Louisiana
Comeau v. Fontenot 19 La. 406 1841 0 Property, community property, successions, sales Louisiana
Clark v. Glover 14 La. 266 1840 0 Injunction, mortgages, property, promissory notes, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Olivier v. Cannon 18 La. 474 1841 0 Torts, conversion, damages, property, sequestration Louisiana
McCall v. Mercier 1 La. 343 1830 0 Community property, property, mortgages, successions, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Foutelet v. Murrell 9 La. 291 1836 0 Injunction, sales, seizure, successions, property, community property, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Riggs v. Duperrier 19 La. 418 1841 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Millaudon v. Cajus 9 La. 306 1836 0 Successions, wills, community property, property 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
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Property, syndics, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, successions, partition, injunction, damages, property Louisiana
Fortier v. Labranche 13 La. 355 1839 0 Sales, recission, succession, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Ails v. Bowman 2 La. 251 1831 0 Sales, contracts, runaway enslaved person, recission, redhibition, damages Louisiana
Preston v. Zabrisky 2 La. 226 1831 0 Fraud, possessory action, usufruct, eviction Louisiana
Hutchings' Widow v. Johnson's Heirs 19 La. 437 1841 0 Mortgages, petitory action, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Smith v. Wilson 2 La. 255 1831 0 Partnerships, successions, property, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thibodeaux 19 La. 439 1841 0 Tutorship, sales, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Hampton's Heirs v. Barrett 9 La. 336 1836 0 Property, community property, debts, successions, privileges, sales Louisiana