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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Vernot v. Yocum 3 Mart. (o.s.) 406 1814 0 Sales, witness testimony, evidence, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Smith v. Smith 10 Mart. (o.s.) 400 1821 0 Wages, leases, sales Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 5 Mart. (n.s.) 162 1826 0 Wages, sales Louisiana
Wyche v. Wyche 10 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1821 0 Community property, property, sales, successions, damages Louisiana
Le Blanc v. Sanglair 12 Mart. (o.s.) 402 1822 0 Promissory notes, consideration, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, debts, interrogatories Louisiana
Martineau v. Hooper 8 Mart. (o.s.) 699 1820 0 Torts, damages, rebellion, Louisiana
Lafariere v. Sanglair 12 Mart. (o.s.) 399 1822 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, promissory notes, parol evidence Louisiana
Boulden v. Hughes 8 Mart. (n.s.) 285 1829 0 Privileges, property, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
Lewis v. Beatty 8 Mart. (n.s.) 287 1829 0 Donation, recordation, property Louisiana
Reagan v. Kitchen 3 Mart. (o.s.) 418 1814 0 Suretyship, property, fieri facias, sales, seizure Louisiana
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Nuttall v. Kirkland 8 Mart. (n.s.) 292 1829 0 Successions, administrato, property Louisiana
Raper's Heirs v. Yocum 3 Mart. (o.s.) 424 1814 0 Sales, successions, evidence, property, parol evidence, contracts, Louisiana
Dussuau's Syndics v. Bredeaux 4 Mart. (o.s.) 450 1816 0 Syndic, successions, property, privileges, sales, evidence, disavowal Louisiana
Calvit v. Haynes 8 Mart. (o.s.) 712 1820 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales Louisiana
Hepp v. Ducros 3 Mart. (n.s.) 185 1824 0 Sales, contracts, promissory notes Louisiana
Calvet v. Calvet 8 Mart. (n.s.) 301 1829 0 Successions, sequestration, intervenor Louisiana
Kenney v. Dow 10 Mart. (o.s.) 577 1822 0 Insolvency, promissory notes, bankruptcy, sales, property, evidence, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Morgan's Ad'r. v. Woorhies 3 Mart. (o.s.) 462 1814 0 Fieri facias, property, bonds, debts, privileges, obligations, liability Louisiana
Gaillard v. Anceline 10 Mart. (o.s.) 479 1822 0 Evidence, declarations, capacity, freedom suit Louisiana