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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sandoz v. Gary 11 Rob. 529 1845 0 Petitory action, property, successions, prescription, sales, fraud, emancipation, suretyship, seizure Louisiana
Stewart v. Harper 16 La. Ann. 181 1861 0 Promissory Notes Louisiana
Riley v. Wilcox 12 La. 648 1846 0 Agency, property, sales, contracts, partition, employment, witness testimony, breach Louisiana
Bisland v. Provosty 14 La. Ann. 169 1859 0 Recovery of 55 enslaved persons Louisiana
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Sequestration, property, privileges, successions, sales Louisiana
Tiernan v. Martin 2 Rob. 523 1842 0 Debt, trusts, property, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana
State v. Karn 16 La. Ann. 183 1861 0 Criminal Louisiana
Mavor v. Armant 14 La. Ann. 181 1859 0 Partition, donation inter vivos, successions Louisiana
Fuentes v. Caballero 1 La. Ann. 27 1846 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission, damages Louisiana
Nantz v. Wyatt 1 Rob. 10 1841 0 Property, petitory action, sales, consideration, debt Louisiana
Fernandez v. Bein 1 La. Ann. 32 1846 0 Sales, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, debts, emancipation, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Reynaud v. His Creditors 4 Rob. 514 1843 0 Privileges, mortgages, successions, property, sales Louisiana
Haydel v. Roussel 1 La. Ann. 35 1846 0 Successions, tutorship, promissory notes, partition, sales, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Rowe v. Hall 1 La. 97 1830 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages,delivery, property, contracts Louisiana
Bronaugh v. Neal 1 Rob. 23 1841 0 Suretyship, reconventional demand, promissory notes, contracts, delivery Louisiana
Klady v. McGuire 1 Rob. 25 1841 0 Jurisdiction, sales, criminal law Louisiana
Kiper v. Nuttall 1 Rob. 46 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales, warranty, redhibition Louisiana
Dorsey v. Phelan 1 Rob. 28 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Knight v. Murchison 1 Rob. 31 1841 0 Intervernor, property, community property, conflict of laws, simulation, sales Louisiana
Wafer v. Pratt 1 Rob. 41 1841 0 Fieri facias, sales, adverse possession, damages, seizure, property Louisiana