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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pannell's Heirs v. Overton 12 La. 555 1838 0 Syndic, property, community property, mortgages, contracts, petitory action, Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Van Winckle v. Flecheaux 12 La. 148 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
Behan v. Faures 12 La. 211 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Henderson v. Bryan 12 La. 10 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana