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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cooley v. Lawrence 4 Mart. (o.s.) 639 1817 0 Sales, promissory notes, contracts, debts, evidence, obligations, suretyship, indemnification, privileges Louisiana
Dean v. Clarke 5 La. 105 1850 0 Sales, promisorry notes, redhibition, agency, reconvential demand Louisiana
Hagan v. Hart 6 Rob. 427 1844 0 Sales, privileges, seizure, injunction, property Louisiana
Cochran v. Walker 10 La. Ann. 431 1855 0 Sales, privileges, property Louisiana
Bass v. Balph 5 La. 235 1850 0 Sales, privileges, promissory notes, simulation, mandataries Louisiana
Callard v. Matthews 10 La. Ann. 233 1855 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, substitution Louisiana
Boner v. Mahle 3 La. Ann. 600 1848 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, property, parol evidence, witness testimony, promissory notes, contracts, liens Louisiana
Pralon v. Aymard 12 La. 487 1846 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Slatter v. Tete 4 La. Ann. 465 1849 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, partition, marital property, successions Louisiana
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Sales, prescription, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Bullard v. Phillips 3 La. 151 1831 0 Sales, possessory action, sequestration, mortgages, debts, successions, partition, property Louisiana
Haggerty v. Corri 5 La. 433 1850 0 Sales, possessory action Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 12 La. 474 1838 0 Sales, petitory action, warranty, promissory notes Louisiana
Tate v. Penne 7 Mart. (n.s.) 548 1829 0 Sales, petitory action, trusts, property, contracts Louisiana
Harris v. Denison 8 La. 543 1835 0 Sales, petitory action, sequestration, property, successions, fraud, simulation, prescription Louisiana
Marie Louise v. Cauchoix 11 Mart. (o.s.) 243 1822 0 Sales, petitory action, recordation, evidence Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Muggah v. Greig 2 La. 593 1831 0 Sales, petitory action, agency, mandates, delivery, parol evidence, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Flower v. Taliaferro 3 La. 88 1831 0 Sales, petitory action Louisiana
Davidson v. Matthews 3 La. Ann. 316 1848 0 Sales, partition, title, successions, mortgages Louisiana