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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
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
Stetson v. Stackhouse 18 La. 119 1841 0 Promissory notes, consideration, mortgages Louisiana
Slatter v. Holton 19 La. 39 1841 0 Sequestration, privileges, conversion Louisiana
Turner & Renshaw v. Wheaton 18 La. 37 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, redhibition, warranty Louisiana
Zollikoffer v. Briggs, Lacoste & Co. 19 La. 521 1841 0 Sales, conflict of laws, trusts, property, injunction, damages Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 17 1841 0 Wills, recission, sales, domicil, personal jurisdiction, successions Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 12 1841 0 Property, successions, obligations, contracts, wills, sales Louisiana
M'Cabe v. Gentes 18 La. 31 1841 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, damages, mortgages Louisiana
Briggs, Lacoste & Co. v. Campbell 19 La. 524 1841 0 Sales, seizure, privileges, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Bowman v. Ware 18 La. 597 1841 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, damages, contracts Louisiana
Capdeviel v. Dodd 17 La. 149 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, consideration, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Dorsey v. Phelan 1 Rob. 28 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Hall v. Phelps 1 Dallam 435 1841 0 Will & trust Texas
Bernard v. Dufour 17 La. 596 1841 1 Louisiana
President of the Oriental Bank v. Haskins 44 Mass. 332 1841 1 Massachusetts