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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Injunction, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, seizure, sales, recission, promissory notes, warranty, damages Louisiana
Goubeau v. New Orleans & Nashville Rail Road 6 Rob. 345 1844 0 Sales, seizure, property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, warranty, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Potts v. Blanchard 19 La. Ann. 167 1867 0 Mortgages, Deeds Louisiana
Martin v. Kelly 19 La. Ann. 444 1867 0 Contracts, Warranty Louisiana
Tate v. Fletcher 19 La. Ann. 371 1867 0 Contracts, Property, Abolition Louisiana
Courtney v. Shelton 19 La. Ann. 380 1867 0 Contracts Louisiana
Simpson v. Lewis 19 La. Ann. 453 1867 0 Contracts, Property Louisiana
Perry v. Holloway 10 Rob. 107 1845 0 Debts, property, fieri facias, mortgages, privileges, fraud Louisiana
Chapman v. Hardesty 10 Rob. 34 1845 0 Successions, sales, writ of fifa, contracts, property Louisiana
Labauve v. Boudreau 9 Rob. 28 1844 0 Simulation, fraud, successions, sales Louisiana
Stone v. Tew 9 Rob. 193 1844 0 Promissory notes, community property Louisiana
Stafford v. Mead 9 Rob. 142 1844 0 Community property, sales, seizure, mortgages, damages, privileges Louisiana
Jenkins v. Dutel 9 Rob. 36 1844 0 Property, successions Louisiana
De Blanc v. Mouton 9 Rob. 48 1844 0 Community property, debts, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Botts 9 Rob. 305 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, warranty Louisiana
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Lawrence v. Guice 9 Rob. 219 1844 0 Community property, successions, privileges, syndic Louisiana