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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, privileges, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Foutelet v. Dugas 11 La. 49 1837 0 Successions, mortgages, injunction, property, community property, sales Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Rroctor v. Richardson 11 La. 186 1837 0 Sales, property, partnerships, successions, community property, possessory action Louisiana
Penny v. Toulouse 11 La. 109 1837 0 Petitory action, donations, sales, seizure, property Louisiana
Michel's Heirs v. Michel's Curator 11 La. 149 1837 0 Successions, sales, property, wills, debts Louisiana
Rodriguez v. Vassant 11 La. 165 1837 0 Sequestration, sales, petitory action, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 12 La. 394 1838 0 Community property, fraud, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Vawter v. Gill 12 La. 423 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, damages Louisiana
Nathan v. Gardere 11 La. 262 1837 0 Partnerships, property, promissory notes, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Burke v. Clarke 11 La. 206 1837 0 Sales, damages, agency, partnerships, theft Louisiana
Sarce v. Dunoyer's Executor 11 La. 220 1837 0 Wills, successions, emancipation Louisiana