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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Joseph v. Moreno 2 La. 460 1831 0 Contracts, specific performance, petitory action, community property, sales Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Halphen v. Franklin's Curator 2 La. 465 1831 0 Wages, privileges, successions Louisiana
Markham v. Close 2 La. 581 1831 0 Sales, criminal law, peremptory exception, property, battery, property Louisiana
Beale's Heirs v. De Gruy 2 La. 468 1831 0 Sales, mortgages, promissory notes, redhibition, recission, damages, successions, contracts Louisiana
Harty v. Harty 2 La. 518 1831 0 Successions, property, partition, community property, wages, dimunition, sales Louisiana
Hodder v. Nelder 2 La. 525 1831 0 Successions, partnerships, wills, property Louisiana
Muggah v. Greig 2 La. 593 1831 0 Sales, petitory action, agency, mandates, delivery, parol evidence, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Labbe's Heirs v. Abat 2 La. 553 1831 0 Successions, property, community property, divorcesales, simulation, fraud, injunction, partition, consideration, capacity, hypothecary action, adultery, criminal law Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Borel v. Fusillier 2 La. 570 1831 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, property Louisiana
Henderson v. Bryan 12 La. 10 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Van Winckle v. Flecheaux 12 La. 148 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Hall v. Emerson's Curator 11 La. 1 1837 0 Successions, property, sales, debts, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Kemp's Heirs v. Kemp's Executors 11 La. 19 1837 0 Successions, donation, partnerships, debts, privileges, promissory notes, partition Louisiana