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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harlin v. Léglise 3 Rob. 194 1842 0 Donations, community property Louisiana
Bookout v. Anderson 3 Rob. 290 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, theft, debts, mortgages, property Louisiana
Smith v. Scott 3 Rob. 258 1842 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, property, successions, privileges Louisiana
Bertie v. Walker 1 Rob. 431 1842 0 Community property, sales, seizure Louisiana
Lebesque v. Bonin 3 Rob. 12 1842 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Stewart v. Pickard 1 Rob. 415 1842 0 Partition, community property, successions, property Louisiana
Thomas v. Selser 1 Rob. 425 1842 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Palmer v. Taylor 1 Rob. 412 1842 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Hart v. Foley 1 Rob. 378 1842 0 Community property, promissory notes, property, obligations, privileges, fieri facias, sales, successions, mortgages, prescription, partition Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 1 Rob. 376 1842 0 Property, simulation, seizure, sales, contracts Louisiana
Maria v. Edwards 1 Rob. 359 1842 0 Freedom suit, wills, emancipation, witness testimony Louisiana
de Lalande v. Bormeau 1 Rob. 315 1842 0 Wills, property, emancipation, sales, contracts, recission, capacity Louisiana
Chandler v. Woodward 3 Del. 428 1842 1 Delaware
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, successions, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana
Gallier v. Walsh 1 Rob. 226 1842 0 Partnership, liquidation, property, contracts Louisiana
Martin v. Drake 1 Rob. 218 1842 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, sales, community property, suretyship Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Galpin v. Jessup 3 Rob. 90 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty Louisiana
Tippett v. Jett 3 Rob. 313 1842 0 Successions, community property, fraud, prescription Louisiana
Hivert v. Lacaze 3 Rob. 357 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, fraud Louisiana