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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Canty v. Beal 17 La. 282 1841 0 Partnerships, privileges, damages, contracts Louisiana
Jackson v. Heirs of Bridges 1 Rob. 172 1841 0 Freedom suit, sales, warranty Louisiana
Griffin v. Waters 1 Rob. 149 1841 0 Partition, property, community property, successions, partnerships Louisiana
Armstrong v. Mooney 1 Rob. 167 1841 0 Recission, sales, damages Louisiana
McClure v. Copley 1 Rob. 133 1841 0 Sales, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Edwards v. Martin's Heirs 19 La. 284 1841 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, property Louisiana
Moffatt v. Murray 18 La. 357 1841 0 Promissory notes, liability, mortgages, partnerships, fraud Louisiana
Dorsey v. Harding 1 Rob. 132 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Manadue v. Franklin 1 Rob. 122 1841 0 Sales, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Barrett v. Bullard 19 La. 281 1841 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 17 La. 353 1841 0 Property, recission, sales, fraud, simulation, promissory notes, contracts Louisiana
Duncan v. Elam 1 Rob. 135 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, recordation Louisiana
Gillispie v. Day 19 La. 263 1841 0 Successions, sales, witness testimony, property Louisiana
Powell v. Aiken & Gwinn 18 La. 321 1841 0 Property, intervenor, debts, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Fleytas v. Pontchartrain Rail Road 18 La. 339 1841 0 Murder, negligence, torts Louisiana
Zollikoffer v. Briggs, Lacoste & Co. 19 La. 521 1841 0 Sales, conflict of laws, trusts, property, injunction, damages Louisiana
Penalta v. Borges' Executor 18 La. 348 1841 0 Successions, agency, property, witness testimony 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
Brown's Executors v. Copley & Jessup 19 La. 473 1841 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, sales, successions Louisiana