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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Conversion, Louisiana
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Damages, seizure, sales, injunction, trespass Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, promissory notes Louisiana
Behan v. Hite 14 La. 67 1839 0 Sales, delivery, interrogatories Louisiana
Bailly, F. M. C. v. Percy, F. W. C. 14 La. 17 1839 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, prescription, mortgages, syndic, privileges, successions Louisiana
Emerson's Heirs v. Hall 14 La. 1 1839 0 Criminal law, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, property Louisiana
Baldwin v. Criswell 14 La. 166 1839 0 Privileges, successions, debts, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, subrogation Louisiana
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Property, sales, removal, fraud, mortgages, damages Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Parol evidence, sales, property, leases, seizure, damages, eviction, mortgages Louisiana
Fortier v. Labranche 13 La. 355 1839 0 Sales, recission, succession, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission 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