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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Taylor 14 La. Ann. 663 1859 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizures Louisiana
Harry v. Constantin 14 La. Ann. 782 1859 0 Slander Louisiana
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Calmes v. Duplantier 14 La. Ann. 814 1859 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Fassman & Yancey 14 La. Ann. 865 1859 0 Taxes Louisiana
Emerson's Heirs v. Hall 14 La. 1 1839 0 Criminal law, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, property Louisiana
M'Cabe v. Gentes 18 La. 31 1841 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, damages, mortgages Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 12 1841 0 Property, successions, obligations, contracts, wills, sales Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 17 1841 0 Wills, recission, sales, domicil, personal jurisdiction, successions Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, recission, sales Louisiana
Turner & Renshaw v. Wheaton 18 La. 37 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, redhibition, warranty Louisiana
Slatter v. Holton 19 La. 39 1841 0 Sequestration, privileges, conversion Louisiana
Saul v. Magee 10 La. 39 1836 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, property, damages Louisiana
Anderson's Executors v. Anderson's Heirs 10 La. 29 1836 0 Successions, property, privileges, wills, seizin Louisiana
Behan v. Hite 14 La. 67 1839 0 Sales, delivery, interrogatories Louisiana
Banks v. Botts 10 La. 42 1836 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, property Louisiana
Poydras v. Tusson 10 La. 46 1836 0 Sales, mortgages, seizure, sales, contracts, property Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, promissory notes Louisiana
Bruce v. Stone 5 La. 1 1832 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, fraud, contracts Louisiana