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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cotton v. Cullen 2 La. 371 1831 0 Successions, partnerships, capacity, agency, debts, property, wills Louisiana
Adams v. His Creditors 14 La. 454 1840 0 Property, promissory notes, conflict of laws, contracts, partnerships, privileges, debts, community property, mortgages, prescription, fraud, syndic Louisiana
Barelli v. Hagan 13 La. 580 1839 0 Contribution, property Louisiana
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Damages, seizure, sales, injunction, trespass Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Markham v. Close 2 La. 581 1831 0 Sales, criminal law, peremptory exception, property, battery, property Louisiana
Beale's Heirs v. De Gruy 2 La. 468 1831 0 Sales, mortgages, promissory notes, redhibition, recission, damages, successions, contracts Louisiana
Hodder v. Nelder 2 La. 525 1831 0 Successions, partnerships, wills, property Louisiana
Muggah v. Greig 2 La. 593 1831 0 Sales, petitory action, agency, mandates, delivery, parol evidence, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Borel v. Fusillier 2 La. 570 1831 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, property Louisiana
Henderson v. Bryan 12 La. 10 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Foutelet v. Dugas 11 La. 49 1837 0 Successions, mortgages, injunction, property, community property, sales Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Ledoux v. Her Husband 10 La. Ann. 663 1855 0 Divorce, marital property, assault, donation inter vivos Louisiana