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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gill v. Phillips 6 Mart. (n.s.) 298 1827 0 Property, successions, partition, sales, sequestration, debts, fraud Louisiana
Spraggins v. White's Executors 4 Mart. (n.s.) 297 1826 0 Partnerships, liquidation, sales, property Louisiana
Coleman v. Breaud 6 Mart. (n.s.) 207 1827 0 Property, conflict of laws, petitory action, evidence Louisiana
De Armas v. Hampton 6 Mart. (o.s.) 567 1819 0 Property, sales, marriage, community property, contracts Louisiana
Percy's Syndic v. Percy 7 Mart. (n.s.) 348 1829 0 Debts, sales, privileges, community property, successions, reconventional demand Louisiana
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
Dewees v. Morgan 1 Mart. (o.s.) 1 1809 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony, warranty Louisiana
Palfrey v. Rivas 7 Mart. (o.s.) 371 1820 0 Runaway enslaved person, sales, arrest, negligence Louisiana
Broussard v. Philips 6 Mart. (n.s.) 309 1827 0 Sales, mortgages, property, debts Louisiana
Dorothee v. Coquillon 7 Mart. (n.s.) 350 1829 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, standing Louisiana
Wall v. Hampton 2 Mart. (n.s.) 361 1824 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, fraud, sales, successions Louisiana
Baker v. Voorhies 6 Mart. (n.s.) 312 1827 0 Sales, successions, injunction Louisiana
Wells v. Hunter 6 Mart. (n.s.) 311 1827 0 Successions, seizure, injunction Louisiana
Millaudon v. Percy's Syndic 7 Mart. (n.s.) 352 1829 0 Property, sales, syndic, privileges, delivery Louisiana
Balfour v. Chinn 7 Mart. (n.s.) 358 1829 0 Property, petitory action, seizure, sales, delivery Louisiana
Vavasseur v. Bayon 11 Mart. (o.s.) 639 1822 0 Fraud, sales, property, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Knight v. Hall 7 Mart. (o.s.) 410 1820 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure, mortgages, injunction, debts Louisiana
Gardere v. Foucher 4 Mart. (n.s.) 352 1826 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Brown v. Fort 1 Mart. (o.s.) 34 1809 0 Promissory notes. libel, sales, consideration, evidence Louisiana
Rouville v. Rouville 6 Mart. (o.s.) 702 1819 0 Successions, property, wills, sales, evidence Louisiana