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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Succession of Martin 7 La. Ann. 45 1852 0 Donation, sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Haydel v. Betts 6 Rob. 438 1844 0 Sales, recordation, fraud, redhibition, damages, recission Louisiana
Mathews v. Boland 5 Rob. 200 1843 0 Freedom suit, fraud, witness testimony, contracts Louisiana
Demoruelle v. Sugg 7 La. Ann. 42 1852 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Forsyth v. Wilkinson 5 Rob. 263 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Cassidy v. His Creditors 6 Rob. 303 1843 0 Syndic, sales, mortgages, privileges, successions Louisiana
Gandy v. Taintor 7 La. Ann. 540 1852 0 Contracts, breach, negligence Louisiana
Succession of Steele 7 La. Ann. 111 1852 0 Successions, sales, property, homologation Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Denton v. Murdock 5 Rob. 127 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Heirs of Kimball v. Heirs of Lopez 7 La. 173 1834 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, prescription, warranty, property, petitory action Louisiana
State v. Kentuck 8 La. Ann. 308 1853 0 Criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Burroughs v. Nettles 7 La. 113 1834 0 Promissory notes, fraud, property, community property, sales, redhibition, recission, damages, witness testimont Louisiana
Grover v. Clarke 7 La. Ann. 174 1852 0 Partnerships, property, wills, partition, marital property Louisiana
Carmelite v. Lacaze 7 La. Ann. 629 1852 0 Emancipation, sales, contracts Louisiana
Cox v. Camp 6 Rob. 425 1844 0 Community property, warranty, sales, simulation, mortgages Louisiana
White v. Guyot 6 Rob. 443 1844 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Testamentary Executor of Lewis v. Casenave 6 La. 437 1834 0 Successions, sales, property, delivery, runaway enslaved person Louisiana