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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
de Lalande v. Bormeau 1 Rob. 315 1842 0 Wills, property, emancipation, sales, contracts, recission, capacity Louisiana
Galpin v. Jessup 3 Rob. 90 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, successions, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana
Lebesque v. Bonin 3 Rob. 12 1842 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Harlin v. Léglise 3 Rob. 194 1842 0 Donations, community property Louisiana
Noble v. Nettles 3 Rob. 152 1842 0 Seizure, sales, property, bonds, successions Louisiana
President of the Bank of the United States v. Merle 2 Rob. 117 1842 0 Damages, service, notice Louisiana
Smith v. Scott 3 Rob. 258 1842 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, property, successions, privileges Louisiana
Gallier v. Walsh 1 Rob. 226 1842 0 Partnership, liquidation, property, contracts Louisiana
Foster v. Goree 4 Ala. 440 1842 1 Alabama
Malone v. Barker 2 Rob. 369 1842 0 Petitory action, promissory notes, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages, property Louisiana
Byrne v. Taylor 2 Rob. 341 1842 0 Injunction, sales, mortgages, privileges, writ of fifa, property, seizure Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 1 Rob. 376 1842 0 Property, simulation, seizure, sales, contracts Louisiana
Jourdain ex rel. Baker v. Boissière 2 Rob. 289 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Resoration of slaves Texas
Buel v. New-York Steamer 17 La. 541 1841 0 Runaway enslaved person, sequestration, witness testimony, property, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Baird v. Livingston 1 Rob. 182 1841 0 Debts, sales, mortgages, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Riggs v. Duperrier 19 La. 418 1841 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Pharr v. Bachelor 3 Ala. 237 1841 1 Alabama