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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Succession of Duplessis 10 Rob. 193 1845 0 Successions, property, emancipation, wills, partition, sales Louisiana
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana
Succession of Key 5 La. 567 1850 0 Successions, property, emancipation Louisiana
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Blanchard's Widow v. Blanchard 6 La. 294 1834 0 Successions, property, debts, taxes, suretyship, sales, seizure, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Delahoussaye's Heirs v. Bienvenu 10 La. 272 1836 0 Successions, property, debts, privileges, contracts, property Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Sanders v. Harding's Heirs 5 Mart. (n.s.) 62 1826 0 Successions, property, debts Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Successions, property, contract Louisiana
Ducrest's Heirs v. Bijeau's Estate 8 Mart. (n.s.) 192 1829 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, promissory notes, debts, partition Louisiana
Towles v. Conrad 3 Rob. 69 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Andrews v. Ackerson 8 Mart. (n.s.) 205 1829 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, mortgages, debts, privileges Louisiana
Turnbull v. Towles's Executrix 10 La. 254 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Brown v. Cobb 10 La. 172 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, debts, partition Louisiana
Orso v. Orso 11 La. 61 1837 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Bonneau v. Poydras 2 Rob. 1 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Guirot v. Guirot's Syndics 3 Mart. (n.s.) 400 1825 0 Successions, property, community property, privileges, debts, promissory notes, sales, syndic, partnerships, contracts Louisiana
Handy v. Parkison 10 La. 92 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, privileges, damages, usufruct Louisiana
Jacobs v. Tricou 17 La. 104 1841 0 Successions, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Hicks v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 691 1818 0 Successions, property, community property, intestacy Louisiana