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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Pilster 4 Rob. 71 1843 0 Mortgages, divorce, community property, successions, sales Louisiana
Whiting v. Prentice 12 La. 141 1845 0 Privileges, property, sales, obligations, fraud, prescription, revocatory action, debts, mortgages Louisiana
Bissell v. Leftwich 4 Rob. 102 1843 0 Prescription, contracts, usufruct Louisiana
Montgomery v. Levistones 8 Rob. 145 1844 0 Promissory notes, prescription, debts Louisiana
Edwards v. Burroughs 12 La. 171 1845 0 Property, sales, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Ogden v. Michel 4 Rob. 155 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hemken v. Ludewig 12 La. 188 1845 0 Successions, community property, mortgages, privileges, donations Louisiana
Penny v. Weston 4 Rob. 165 1843 0 Successions, community property, partition, mortgages Louisiana
Sides v. Nettles 4 Rob. 170 1843 0 Successions, property, prescription, wills Louisiana
Adams v. Stuart 4 Rob. 180 1843 0 Possessory action, tutorship Louisiana
Lemos v. Daubert 8 Rob. 224 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Edwards v. Walker 4 Rob. 181 1843 0 Property, sales, seizure, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Lemos v. Daubert 8 Rob. 225 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Succession of Senac 2 Rob. 258 1842 0 Successions, legitimacy, wills, property, emancipation Louisiana
Dosson v. Sanders 12 La. 238 1845 0 Seizure, sales, property, successions, capacity, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Milliken v. Andrews 11 Rob. 241 1845 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Cassidy v. His Creditors 4 Rob. 216 1843 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, privileges, debts Louisiana
Coxe v. Rowley 12 La. 273 1845 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Buard v. Lemée 12 La. 243 1845 0 Successions, partnerships, mortgages, property, promissory notes, debts, prescription, obligations Louisiana
Bachemin v. Scheixnaydre 16 La. Ann. 32 1861 0 Secured Transactions, Repossession Louisiana