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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
President of the Bank of the United States v. Merle 2 Rob. 117 1842 0 Damages, service, notice Louisiana
Nimmo v. Bonney 4 Rob. 176 1843 0 Successions, wills, emancipation Louisiana
Adams v. McCauley 4 Rob. 184 1843 0 Petitory action, donations, fraud Louisiana
Wherry v. Bell 2 Rob. 225 1842 0 Successions, sales, property, debts, seizure Louisiana
Bergeron v. His Creditors 4 Rob. 185 1843 0 Privileges, debts, sales, mortgages, seizure, promissory notes Louisiana
Leblanc v. Bouchereau 16 La. Ann. 11 1861 0 Sale of Slave, Contracts Louisiana
Hood v. Segrest 12 La. 210 1845 0 Possessory action, petitory action, sales, mortgages, property, prescription Louisiana
Parlange v. Parlange 16 La. Ann. 17 1861 0 Sale of Slave Louisiana
Cuillé v. Gassen 14 La. Ann. 5 1859 0 Successions, property Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 4 Rob. 196 1843 0 Community property, fraud, privileges, partition Louisiana
Fink v. Martin 8 Rob. 256 1844 0 Property, seizure, sales, mortgages, fraud, simulation, fieri facias Louisiana
Butlitt v. Stewart 16 La. Ann. 22 1861 0 Property Louisiana
McCutcheon v. Angelo 14 La. Ann. 34 1859 0 Recovery of price of enslaved person, felony Louisiana
Huntington v. Brown 17 La. Ann. 48 1865 0 Sales - Dispute over defective slave Louisiana
Mechanics' & Traders' Bank v. Sanders 21 La. Ann. 106 1869 0 Statute of limitations, Promissory note Louisiana
Fisk v. Bergerot 21 La. Ann. 111 1869 0 Statute of Limitations on damages for fugitive slave Louisiana
In re the Tutorship of Hacket 4 Rob. 290 1843 0 Community property, successions, tutorship, capacity, sales, intervenor, parol evidence Louisiana
Miller v. Belmonti 11 Rob. 339 1845 0 Freedom suit, sales, evidence, conflict of laws Louisiana
Pelham v. Steamboat Messenger 16 La. Ann. 99 1861 0 Sale of Slave, Death of Slave Louisiana
Byrne v. Taylor 2 Rob. 341 1842 0 Injunction, sales, mortgages, privileges, writ of fifa, property, seizure Louisiana