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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Handy v. Sterling 1 La. Ann. 308 1846 0 Community property, successions, sales, mortgages, privileges, debts Louisiana
de Lalande v. Bormeau 1 Rob. 315 1842 0 Wills, property, emancipation, sales, contracts, recission, capacity Louisiana
Rhodes v. Myers 16 La. Ann. 398 1862 0 Sales - Dispute over defective slave Louisiana
Hereford v. Leverich 16 La. Ann. 397 1862 0 Sales and leases Louisiana
State v. Walters 16 La. Ann. 400 1862 0 Criminal Louisiana
Lacoste v. Sellick 1 La. Ann. 336 1846 0 Torts, negligence, obligations, property, partnerships, contracts Louisiana
Livingston v. Dick 1 La. Ann. 323 1846 0 Seizure, sales, property, service, affidavit Louisiana
Josephine v. Poultney 1 La. Ann. 329 1846 0 Conflict of laws, freedom suit Louisiana
Bowers v. Hale 14 La. Ann. 419 1859 0 Property (separation of), mortgages, debts Louisiana
Carpenter v. Allen 16 La. Ann. 435 1862 0 Mortgages, wills Louisiana
Maria v. Edwards 1 Rob. 359 1842 0 Freedom suit, wills, emancipation, witness testimony Louisiana
Erwin v. Lowry 1 La. Ann. 276 1846 0 Successions, administrators, mortgages, promissory notes, property, sales, intervenor, jurisdiction Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 1 Rob. 376 1842 0 Property, simulation, seizure, sales, contracts Louisiana
Hart v. Foley 1 Rob. 378 1842 0 Community property, promissory notes, property, obligations, privileges, fieri facias, sales, successions, mortgages, prescription, partition Louisiana
Matta v. Henderson 14 La. Ann. 473 1859 0 Sales, property Louisiana
Richardson v. Johnson 1 La. Ann. 389 1846 0 Contracts, warranty, redhibition, quanti minoris, damages, recission Louisiana
Pendarvis v. Wall 14 La. Ann. 449 1859 0 Property, judgment Louisiana
Dranguet v. Rost 21 La. Ann. 538 1869 0 Contracts Louisiana
Palmer v. Taylor 1 Rob. 412 1842 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Thomas v. Selser 1 Rob. 425 1842 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana