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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Collings v. Hamilton 14 La. 343 1840 0 Contracts, employment, wages, witness testimony Louisiana
Taylor v. Andrus 16 La. 15 1840 0 Torts, contracts, property Louisiana
Forsyth v. Despierris's Executors 15 La. 215 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, community property, damages Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 15 La. 94 1840 0 Property, sales, mortgages, damages, eviction, successions, leases, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Brander v. Ferriday, Bennett & Co. 16 La. 296 1840 0 Privileges, mortgages, successions, property, partnerships, fraud, priority Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Zeringue v. Rixner 14 La. 385 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, warranty, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Injunction, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, seizure, sales, recission, promissory notes, warranty, damages Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, recordation, debts, prescription, seizure, sales Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Community property, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, prescription, injunction Louisiana
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, prescription, property Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Wills, successions, property, legacies Louisiana
Dawson v. Duplantier 15 La. 289 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, property, seizure, privileges, injunction, redhibition, mortgages, contracts Louisiana