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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Copley v. Sanford 2 La. Ann. 335 1847 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, conflict of laws Louisiana
Denton v. Willcox 2 La. Ann. 60 1847 0 Mortgages, Partnerships, sales, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
Hopkins v. Lacouture 4 La. 64 1832 0 Sales, recordation, debts, property, mortgages Louisiana
King v. Baker 7 La. Ann. 570 1852 0 Sheriff seizure, property, obligations, suretyship, judicial bond Louisiana
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Guier v. Guier 7 La. Ann. 103 1852 0 Sales, successions, property, usufruct Louisiana
Ray v. Harris 7 La. Ann. 138 1852 0 Sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Parham v. Cobb 7 La. Ann. 157 1852 0 Property, suretyship, partnerships, mortgages, partition Louisiana
Waddil v. Thompson 7 La. Ann. 592 1852 0 Possessory action, successions, legal representatives Louisiana
Stackhouse v. Kendall 7 La. Ann. 670 1852 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Sandridge v. Jones 2 La. Ann. 933 1847 0 Laibility, runaway enslaved person, debts, seizure, laches Louisiana