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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Bird v. Succession of Jones 5 La. 643 1850 0 Contracts, successions, wills, sales, privileges, property Louisiana
Succession of Arick 22 La. Ann. 501 1870 0 Contracts - Statute of frauds, Louisiana
Joseph v. Moreno 2 La. 460 1831 0 Contracts, specific performance, petitory action, community property, sales Louisiana
Levy v. Gremillion 21 La. Ann. 635 1869 0 Contracts, slave consideration Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Heirs of Bedell v. Hayes 21 La. Ann. 643 1869 0 Contracts, secured transactions Louisiana
Hewes v. Barron 7 Mart. (n.s.) 134 1828 0 Contracts, sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Noe v. Taylor 11 La. 551 1838 0 Contracts, sales, property, mortgages, obligations, damages, promissory notes Louisiana
Matthews v. Wilson 5 La. 691 1850 0 Contracts, sales, property Louisiana
Etie v. Sparks 4 La. 463 1832 0 Contracts, sales, delivery, wages, damages, specific performance, parol evidence Louisiana
Nicholls v. Roland 11 Mart. (o.s.) 190 1822 0 Contracts, sales, damages, parol evidence, property, delivery, negligence, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Murphy v. Gutierez 20 La. 407 1868 0 Contracts, sale of slaves Louisiana
Gosselin v. Womack 21 La. Ann. 193 1869 0 Contracts, sale of slaves Louisiana
Walker v. Hays 15 La. Ann. 640 1860 0 Contracts, sale of slave. Louisiana
Folse v. Kittridge 15 La. Ann. 222 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
Palmes v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 264 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
Belknap v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 203 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition Louisiana
Hanna v. Bartlette 10 Rob. 438 1845 0 Contracts, reconventional demand Louisiana
Lyles v. Martin 5 La. 113 1833 0 Contracts, recission, successions, legitimacy, usufruct, property Louisiana
Hebert v. Chastant 22 La. Ann. 152 1870 0 Contracts, property, secured transactions Louisiana