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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hutchings' Widow v. Johnson's Heirs 19 La. 437 1841 0 Mortgages, petitory action, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Bronaugh v. Neal 1 Rob. 23 1841 0 Suretyship, reconventional demand, promissory notes, contracts, delivery Louisiana
Plicque & Lebeau v. Perret 19 La. 318 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages, debts, internveor, res judicata, property Louisiana
New Castle Manufacturing Co. v. Red River Rail Road 1 Rob. 145 1841 1 Louisiana
Manadue v. Franklin 1 Rob. 122 1841 0 Sales, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Lapice v. Clifton 17 La. 152 1841 0 Property, sales, promissory notes, Louisiana
Prentice v. Chewning 1 Rob. 71 1841 1 Louisiana
Hooper v. Hyams 1 Rob. 90 1841 0 Injunction, sales, redhibition, recission, successions, suretyship Louisiana
Slatter v. Holton 19 La. 39 1841 0 Sequestration, privileges, conversion Louisiana
Riggs v. Duperrier 19 La. 418 1841 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad 17 La. 361 1841 0 Murder, damages, negligence, torts, contributory negligence Louisiana
Hestres v. Petrovic 1 Rob. 119 1841 1 Louisiana
Olivier v. Cannon 18 La. 474 1841 0 Torts, conversion, damages, property, sequestration Louisiana
Stephenson's Administrator v. Addison 17 La. 454 1841 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, obligations, eviction, petitory action Louisiana
Comeau v. Fontenot 19 La. 406 1841 0 Property, community property, successions, sales Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, property, contracts Louisiana
Turner & Renshaw v. Wheaton 18 La. 37 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, redhibition, warranty Louisiana
Jacobs v. Tricou 17 La. 104 1841 0 Successions, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 12 1841 0 Property, successions, obligations, contracts, wills, sales Louisiana
Bourgeois v. Bourgeois 17 La. 494 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, community property Louisiana