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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mahle v. Terry 16 La. 248 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure Louisiana
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Adams v. His Creditors 14 La. 454 1840 0 Property, promissory notes, conflict of laws, contracts, partnerships, privileges, debts, community property, mortgages, prescription, fraud, syndic Louisiana
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Thomas v. Generis 16 La. 483 1840 0 Freedom suit, sales, property, conflict of laws, emancipation Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 14 La. 467 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, sales, mortgages, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, prescription, property Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Kemp v. Kemp 15 La. 517 1840 0 Successions, partition, property, sales Louisiana
Petrovic v. Hyde 16 La. 223 1840 0 Injunction, sales, mortgages, promissory notes, partnerships, property, seizure, debts, damages, contracts Louisiana
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana
Dawson v. Duplantier 15 La. 289 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, property, seizure, privileges, injunction, redhibition, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Community property, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, prescription, injunction Louisiana
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, successions, partition, injunction, damages, property Louisiana
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Interdiction, capacity, property Louisiana
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana
Lambert v. Franchebois 16 La. 1 1840 0 Property, community property, seizure, sales, damages, debts Louisiana
Kerries v. Botts 14 La. 432 1840 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission Louisiana