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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Field 5 Mart. (n.s.) 635 1827 0 Petitory action, property, sales Louisiana
Overton v. Gervais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 682 1827 0 Obligations, debts, property, reconventional demand, redhibition, fraud, contracts, breach Louisiana
Perrie v. Williams 5 Mart. (n.s.) 694 1827 0 Trespass, negligence, damages, property Louisiana
Beon v. Morgan 5 Mart. (n.s.) 701 1827 0 Seizure, successions, partition, property, possessory action Louisiana
Bayon v. Tricou 5 Mart. (o.s.) 1 1817 0 Property, sales, recission Louisiana
Petit v. Gillet 5 Mart. (o.s.) 19 1817 0 Abatement, prescription, res judicata, property, evidence Louisiana
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
Zanico v. Habine 5 Mart. (o.s.) 372 1818 0 Sales, seizure, statutory interpretation, evidence, property, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Langlish v. Schons 5 Mart. (o.s.) 405 1818 0 Damages, agency, fraud, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Peytavin v. Hopkins 5 Mart. (o.s.) 438 1818 0 Debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, hearsay Louisiana
Highlander v. Fluke 5 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1818 0 Property, seizure, sales, consideration, witness testimony, fraud, debts Louisiana
Augustin v. Cailleau 5 Mart. (o.s.) 464 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, seizure, successions, sequestration, property Louisiana
State v. Edward 5 Mart. (o.s.) 474 1818 0 Libely, sales Louisiana
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Delacroix v. Orleans Navigation Co. 5 Mart. (o.s.) 507 1818 0 Contracts, wages, recission, obligations Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, intervenor, evidence, seizure, property, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Foster v. Dupre 5 Mart. (o.s.) 6 1817 0 Property, libel, seizure, contracts, assumption, consideration, damages, torts Louisiana