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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, community property, damages Louisiana
Stockton v. Truxton 8 La. 224 1835 0 Promissory notes, sales, seizure, mortgages, fraud Louisiana
Forsyth v. Despierris's Executors 15 La. 215 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Hicks v. Pope 8 La. 554 1835 0 Successions, property, community property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Harris v. Denison 8 La. 543 1835 0 Sales, petitory action, sequestration, property, successions, fraud, simulation, prescription Louisiana
Emmerling v. Beebe 15 La. 251 1840 0 Bailment, conversion, sales, damages Louisiana
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Property, sales, seizure, privileges, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promissory notes, warranty Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Community property, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, prescription, injunction Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Canty v. Beal 17 La. 282 1841 0 Partnerships, privileges, damages, contracts Louisiana
Jacobs v. Tricou 17 La. 104 1841 0 Successions, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 17 La. 60 1841 0 Hypothecary action, sales, property, mortgages, prescription, recordation, privileges Louisiana
Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad 17 La. 361 1841 0 Murder, damages, negligence, torts, contributory negligence Louisiana
Stephenson's Administrator v. Addison 17 La. 454 1841 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, obligations, eviction, petitory action Louisiana
Bourgeois v. Bourgeois 17 La. 494 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, community property Louisiana
McDonald v. Aubert 17 La. 448 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, community property, debts, obligations, mortgages Louisiana
Haralson v. Camp 17 La. 267 1841 0 Successions, employment, property, attorney's fees, damages Louisiana