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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Briggs v. Spencer 3 Rob. 265 1842 0 Debts, res judicata, property, seizure, conflict of laws, bonds Louisiana
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Soubie v. Sougeron 5 Rob. 148 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Hawkins v. Brown 3 Rob. 310 1842 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Thompson v. Chrétien 3 Rob. 26 1842 0 Property, suretyship, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Succession of Johnson 3 Rob. 216 1842 0 Promissory notes, successions, privileges, property, sales, seizure, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Blackstone v. His Creditors 3 Rob. 219 1842 0 Privileges, mortgages, sales, debts, property, fraud Louisiana
State v. Linton 3 Rob. 55 1842 0 Criminal law, property, employment Louisiana
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Kohn v. Marsh 3 Rob. 48 1842 0 Sales, property, syndic, partnership, partition Louisiana
Smallwood v. Pratt 3 Rob. 132 1842 0 Injunction, community property, sales, writ of fifa, debts, fraud Louisiana
Tollett v. Jones 3 Rob. 274 1842 0 Successions, property, prescription Louisiana
Hivert v. Lacaze 3 Rob. 357 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, fraud Louisiana
Tippett v. Jett 3 Rob. 313 1842 0 Successions, community property, fraud, prescription Louisiana
Nolé v. de St. Romes 3 Rob. 484 1843 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, damages, successions Louisiana
State v. Mexican Gulf Railway Co. 3 Rob. 513 1843 0 Mortgages, privileges, property, bonds, seizure, sales Louisiana
Smith v. McDowell 3 Rob. 430 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Galpin v. Jessup 3 Rob. 90 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, successions, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana