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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Succession of Senac 2 Rob. 258 1842 0 Successions, legitimacy, wills, property, emancipation Louisiana
Offutt v. Morancy 12 La. 92 1845 0 Sales, contracts, promissory notes, delivery Louisiana
Moreau v. Chauvin 8 Rob. 157 1844 0 Mortgages, sales, obligations, contracts, recission Louisiana
Rist v. Hagan 8 Rob. 106 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, runaway enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Brainard v. Head 15 La. Ann. 489 1860 0 Runaway enslaved person, negligence, Louisiana
Paty v. Martin 15 La. Ann. 620 1860 0 Sale of "defective' slave Louisiana
White v. Guyot 4 Rob. 108 1843 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sales, recission, redhibition, damages Louisiana
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Folse v. Kittridge 15 La. Ann. 222 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
Palmes v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 264 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
Graves v. Hemken 12 La. 103 1845 0 Seizure, property, wills, successions, conflict of laws, damages Louisiana
Moussier v. Zunts 14 La. Ann. 15 1859 0 Mortgage, damages, property, debts Louisiana
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Partition, mortgages, property, successions, probate Louisiana
Jacob v. Ursuline Nuns 2 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1812 0 Emancipation, donations, contracts, corporations, property, subpoena duces tecum, evidence, wills Louisiana
Lowber v. McCoy 12 La. Ann. 795 1857 0 Sales, theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Commissioners of the New Orleans Improvement & Banking Co. v. Jewett 11 Rob. 20 1845 0 Sales, mortgages, writ of fifa, seizure, property, recordation, domicile Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Bill 15 La. Ann. 114 1860 0 Jury selection Louisiana