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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Petit v. Grandmont 2 Rob. 283 1842 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
M'Cabe v. Gentes 18 La. 31 1841 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, damages, mortgages Louisiana
Dorsey v. Carrollton Bank 5 La. 237 1850 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, property Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, property, contracts Louisiana
Skillman v. Lacey 12 Mart. (o.s.) 404 1822 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, community property, successions, debts, property, parol evidence, subrogation, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Jackson v. Williams 12 Mart. (o.s.) 334 1822 0 Seizure, sales, petitory actions, successions, mortgages, property, debts, community property, hypothecary action Louisiana
Cressap v. Winchester 6 Rob. 458 1844 0 Seizure, sales, obligations, property, fieri facias, fraud Louisiana
Dodd v. Crain 6 Rob. 58 1843 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, property, recordation, hypothecary action Louisiana
Bonin v. Durand 2 La. Ann. 776 1847 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, property, prescription, peremption Louisiana
Winter v. Zacharie 4 Rob. 35 1843 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, promissory notes, property, fraud Louisiana
Michel v. Her Husband 1 La. Ann. 174 1846 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, property, witness testimony, ypothecary action Louisiana
Felps v. Commissioners of the Clinton & Port Hudson Rail Road 10 Rob. 89 1845 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, property, obligations Louisiana
Offutt v. Hendsley 9 La. 1 1835 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, injunction, successions, suretyship, privileges, prescription Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Stansbury 8 La. 257 1835 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, injunction, property, privileges, community property Louisiana
Chambliss v. Atchison 2 La. Ann. 488 1847 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, debts, damaegs, petitory action, privileges, conflict of laws, promissory notes, injunction, recordation Louisiana
Osburn v. Planters Bank 2 La. Ann. 494 1847 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, community property, agency, res judicata, issue preclusion, bankruptcy, Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Briscoe 3 La. Ann. 157 1848 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, bonds, property, contracts, promissory notes, obligations Louisiana
Balfour v. Chew 4 Mart. (n.s.) 154 1826 0 Seizure, sales, injunction, property, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Poydras v. Tusson 3 La. 443 1832 0 Seizure, sales, injunction, mortgages, property, suretyship Louisiana
Clay v. Oldham 3 Mart. (n.s.) 276 1825 0 Seizure, sales, hypothecary action, property, mortgages, debts, parol evidence Louisiana