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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Field 17 La. 421 1841 0 Damages, labor, community property, witness testimony Louisiana
Haralson v. Camp 17 La. 267 1841 0 Successions, employment, property, attorney's fees, damages Louisiana
McDonald v. Aubert 17 La. 448 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, community property, debts, obligations, mortgages Louisiana
Bourgeois v. Bourgeois 17 La. 494 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, community property Louisiana
Stephenson's Administrator v. Addison 17 La. 454 1841 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, obligations, eviction, petitory action Louisiana
Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad 17 La. 361 1841 0 Murder, damages, negligence, torts, contributory negligence Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 17 La. 60 1841 0 Hypothecary action, sales, property, mortgages, prescription, recordation, privileges Louisiana
Maurin & Co. v. Rouquer 19 La. 594 1841 0 Privileges, sales, property, fraud, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Rowley v. Rowley 19 La. 557 1841 0 Community property, property, divorce, partition, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Jacobs v. Tricou 17 La. 104 1841 0 Successions, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Canty v. Beal 17 La. 282 1841 0 Partnerships, privileges, damages, contracts Louisiana
Bowman v. Ware 18 La. 597 1841 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, damages, contracts Louisiana
Briggs, Lacoste & Co. v. Campbell 19 La. 524 1841 0 Sales, seizure, privileges, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Zollikoffer v. Briggs, Lacoste & Co. 19 La. 521 1841 0 Sales, conflict of laws, trusts, property, injunction, damages Louisiana
Patterson v. Bonner 19 La. 508 1841 0 Property, usufruct, fruits, labor Louisiana
Criswell v. Seay 19 La. 528 1841 0 Community property, property, successions Louisiana
Hooper v. Hyams 1 Rob. 90 1841 0 Injunction, sales, redhibition, recission, successions, suretyship Louisiana
Huey v. Drinkgrave 19 La. 482 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, contracts Louisiana
Duncan v. Hawks 18 La. 548 1841 0 Damages, runaway enslaved person, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Brown's Executors v. Copley & Jessup 19 La. 473 1841 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, sales, successions Louisiana