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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bach v. Hall 3 La. 116 1831 0 Sales, delivery, possessory action, petitory action, parol evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Smith's Heirs v. Blunt 2 La. 132 1831 0 Mortgages, sales, seizure, debts, successions, privileges, property Louisiana
Bouquette's Guardian v. Donnet 2 La. 193 1831 0 Successions, wills, sales, damages, property Louisiana
Kemp v. Wamack 2 La. 272 1831 0 Tutorship, successions, wages, liquidation Louisiana
Griffon v. Jacobs 2 La. 192 1831 0 Promissory notes, delivery, sales Louisiana
Chisolm v. Skillman 2 La. 142 1831 0 Seizure, sales, successions, damages, property, community property, debts, privileges Louisiana
State v. Pitot 2 La. 266 1831 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, mortgages, privileges, wills, property Louisiana
McMaster v. Beckwith 2 La. 329 1831 0 Damages, torts, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Daunois v. Leeds 2 La. 358 1831 0 Sales, delivery, property, seizure Louisiana
Baines v. Higgins 2 La. 220 1831 0 Sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Dismukes v. Musgrove 2 La. 335 1831 0 Sales, trusts, fraud, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Ails v. Bowman 2 La. 251 1831 0 Sales, contracts, runaway enslaved person, recission, redhibition, damages Louisiana
Cotton v. Cullen 2 La. 371 1831 0 Successions, partnerships, capacity, agency, debts, property, wills Louisiana
Preston v. Zabrisky 2 La. 226 1831 0 Fraud, possessory action, usufruct, eviction Louisiana
Petit v. His Creditors 3 La. 26 1831 0 Mortgages, privileges, sales, property, debts, consideration, fraud, recordation, contracts Louisiana
Smith v. Wilson 2 La. 255 1831 0 Partnerships, successions, property, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Thomas v. Thomas 2 La. 166 1831 0 Wills, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Dranguet v. Prudhomme 3 La. 74 1831 0 Property, contracts, sales, seizure, capacity, mortgages, recission, community property, emancipation, recordation, mandates Louisiana
Gilbert v. Ward 4 D.C. 171 1831 0 Freedom Petition United States
Bethea v. Taylor 3 Stew. 482 1831 0 Trespass Alabama