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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Pannell's Heirs v. Overton 12 La. 555 1838 0 Syndic, property, community property, mortgages, contracts, petitory action, Louisiana
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Property, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sales, fraud, syndic, prescription, contracts, community property Louisiana
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Bostwick v. Gasquet 11 La. 534 1838 0 Injunction, property, community property, fraud, seizure Louisiana
Lopez's Heirs v. Bergel 12 La. 197 1838 0 Promissory notes, prescription, property, fraud, simulation, obligations, sales, privileges Louisiana
Vawter v. Gill 12 La. 423 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, damages Louisiana
Forstall & Co. v. Blanchard 12 La. 1 1838 0 Sales, sequestration, suretyship, capacity, property, community property, debts, contracts Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 12 La. 394 1838 0 Community property, fraud, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
Frank v. Powell 11 La. 499 1838 0 Freedom suit, seizure, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
M'Rae's Administratrix v. M'Rae 11 La. 571 1838 0 Successions, property, simulation, sales, capacity, property Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Rodriguez v. Vassant 11 La. 165 1837 0 Sequestration, sales, petitory action, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana