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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hodder v. Shepherd 1 La. 505 1830 0 Successions, property, forced heir, debts Louisiana
Baines v. Higgins 2 La. 220 1831 0 Sales, parol evidence Louisiana
State v. Pitot 2 La. 266 1831 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, mortgages, privileges, wills, property Louisiana
Mourain v. Beauvais 10 La. 477 1837 0 Attorney's fees, seizure, sales, privileges, injunction, damages Louisiana
Armor v. Huie 14 La. 346 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Kelso v. Beaman 10 La. 450 1836 0 Mortgages, agency, privileges, seizure, sales Louisiana
Duncan v. Hawks 18 La. 548 1841 0 Damages, runaway enslaved person, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Williams v. Bartow 13 La. 404 1839 0 Property, petitory action, damages, donations, contracts, breach, sequestration Louisiana
Huey v. Drinkgrave 19 La. 482 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, contracts Louisiana
Winn v. Twogood 9 La. 422 1836 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Kemp v. Wamack 2 La. 272 1831 0 Tutorship, successions, wages, liquidation Louisiana
Criswell v. Seay 19 La. 528 1841 0 Community property, property, successions Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Patterson v. Bonner 19 La. 508 1841 0 Property, usufruct, fruits, labor Louisiana
Overton v. Overton 10 La. 466 1836 0 Successions, property, sequestration, sales Louisiana
Carter v. Cooper 5 La. 446 1833 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Zollikoffer v. Briggs, Lacoste & Co. 19 La. 521 1841 0 Sales, conflict of laws, trusts, property, injunction, damages Louisiana
Erwin's Executors v. Trion 2 La. 305 1831 0 Property, sales, successions, contracts, mortgages, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Briggs, Lacoste & Co. v. Campbell 19 La. 524 1841 0 Sales, seizure, privileges, property, promissory notes Louisiana