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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lawson v. Ripley 17 La. 238 1841 0 Successions, community property, property, debts, partition, sales, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Zacharie v. Winter 17 La. 76 1841 0 Property, seizure, sales, homolgation, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Barriere F. W. C. v. Gladding's Curator 17 La. 144 1841 0 Promissory notes, capacity, property, contracts Louisiana
Fuselier v. Masse 4 La. 423 1832 0 Successions, sales, emancipation, freedom suit, property, capacity, legitimacy, adoption Louisiana
Copeland v. Mickie 17 La. 286 1841 0 Partnerships, property, sales, duress, extortion, recission, damages Louisiana
Janin v. Franklin 4 La. 198 1833 0 Recission, sales Louisiana
Monday v. Wilson 4 La. 338 1832 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, privileges, delivery Louisiana
Flint v. Wells 4 La. 537 1832 0 Bonds, successions, damages, property, negligence, agency Louisiana
Hawkins v. Brown 7 La. 417 1834 0 Successions, suretyship, sales, promissory notes, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Niblett v. White's Heirs 7 La. 253 1834 0 Damages, successions, negligence, loans Louisiana
Patin v. Prejean 7 La. 301 1834 0 Successions, property, sales, seizure, sales, mortgages, community property, debts, fieri facias, contracts Louisiana
Flint v. Cuny 7 La. 379 1834 0 Syndic, sales, recission, property, successions, prescription Louisiana
Liles v. Rhodes 7 La. 87 1834 0 Property, sales, seizure, damages, fieri facias, privileges, debts Louisiana
Icar v. Suares 7 La. 517 1835 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Small v. Flint 7 La. 352 1834 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Revendication, successions, sales, property Louisiana
Hewet & Co. v. Wilson 7 La. 71 1834 0 Theft, liability, damages Louisiana
Mary v. Morris 7 La. 135 1834 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, damages, sequestration, conflict of laws, successions, property, manumission Louisiana
Everett v. M'Kinney 7 La. 375 1834 0 Successions, property, sales, peremptory exemption Louisiana
Robin v. Castille 7 La. 292 1834 0 Successions, property, mortgages, community property, debts, renunciation Louisiana