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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Aiken & Gwinn 18 La. 321 1841 0 Property, intervenor, debts, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Gillispie v. Day 19 La. 263 1841 0 Successions, sales, witness testimony, property Louisiana
Lyles v. Martin 5 La. 113 1833 0 Contracts, recission, successions, legitimacy, usufruct, property Louisiana
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Wilcoxon v. Buford's Heirs 10 La. 183 1836 0 Successions, suretyship, debts, sales Louisiana
Barrett v. Bullard 19 La. 281 1841 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Baldwin v. Criswell 14 La. 166 1839 0 Privileges, successions, debts, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, subrogation Louisiana
Chew v. Keane 2 La. 120 1830 0 Promissory notes, reconventional demand, prescription, sales, debts, mortgages Louisiana
Moffatt v. Murray 18 La. 357 1841 0 Promissory notes, liability, mortgages, partnerships, fraud Louisiana
Edwards v. Martin's Heirs 19 La. 284 1841 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, property Louisiana
Noirette v. Diggs's Heirs 9 La. 172 1836 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, prescription Louisiana
Fastin v. Eastin's Heirs 10 La. 194 1836 0 Successions, community property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Casanova's Heirs v. Acosta 1 La. 179 1830 0 Fraud, successions, community property, sales Louisiana
Breaux v. Martin's Heirs 10 La. 199 1836 0 Successions, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Berthoud's Heirs v. Unruh 9 La. 180 1836 0 Successions, sales Louisiana
Ford v. Ford 1 La. 201 1830 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, partnerships, community property Louisiana
Armistead v. Bowden 5 La. 263 1833 0 Intervenor, property, sales, delivery, recordation, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Walker v. Allen 19 La. 307 1841 0 Petitory action, damages, sales, seizure, property, bonds, mortgages, partnerships Louisiana
Paxton v. Cobb 2 La. 137 1831 0 Fraud, reconventional demand, delivery, property Louisiana
Cecile v. St. Denis 14 La. 184 1839 0 Sales, fraud, wills, capacity Louisiana