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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Damages, seizure, sales, injunction, trespass Louisiana
Barelli v. Hagan 13 La. 580 1839 0 Contribution, property Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Parol evidence, sales, property, leases, seizure, damages, eviction, mortgages Louisiana
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Property, sales, removal, fraud, mortgages, damages Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Partnerships, property, dissolution, partition Louisiana
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Gibson v. Huie 14 La. 124 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, damages, personal jurisdiction, promissory notes, service Louisiana
Gibson v. Huie 14 La. 129 1839 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promisorry notes, domicil, personal jurisdiction Louisiana
Baldwin v. Criswell 14 La. 166 1839 0 Privileges, successions, debts, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, subrogation Louisiana
Williams v. Bartow 13 La. 404 1839 0 Property, petitory action, damages, donations, contracts, breach, sequestration Louisiana
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 115 1839 0 Sales, successions, redhibition, damages, partition Louisiana
Hiriart v. Roses 13 La. 126 1839 0 Sales, fraud, simulation, property, debts, obligations Louisiana
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 111 1839 0 Successions, sales, partition, property, debts, redhibition, partnerships Louisiana
Behan v. Hite 14 La. 67 1839 0 Sales, delivery, interrogatories Louisiana
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, recission, sales Louisiana
Cecile v. St. Denis 14 La. 184 1839 0 Sales, fraud, wills, capacity Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Emerson's Heirs v. Hall 14 La. 1 1839 0 Criminal law, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, property Louisiana
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Conversion, Louisiana