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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Mulhollan v. Johnson 1 Mart. (n.s.) 579 1823 0 Sales, successions, petitory action, suretyship Louisiana
Staples v. Bouligny 10 Rob. 424 1845 0 Seizure, writ of fifa, sales Louisiana
Andrews v. Chapman 10 Rob. 188 1845 0 Property, sales Louisiana
Grant v. Hurst 10 Rob. 422 1845 0 Sales, property, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Haley v. Dubois 10 Rob. 54 1845 0 Sales, mortgages, property Louisiana
Dumas v. Lefebvre 10 Rob. 399 1845 0 Seizure, sales, debts, property, revocatory action, fraud Louisiana
Hooper v. Union Bank 10 Rob. 63 1845 0 Mortgages, recordation, property, promissory notes, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Felps v. Commissioners of the Clinton & Port Hudson Rail Road 10 Rob. 89 1845 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, property, obligations Louisiana
Clark v. Preston 2 La. Ann. 580 1847 0 Successions, community property, sales, wills, debts, promissory notes, testamentary intent Louisiana
Prevost v. Martel 10 Rob. 512 1845 0 Wills, property, legitimacy, emancipation, capacity, successions Louisiana
Wright v. Wood 6 La. Ann. 176 1851 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, property Louisiana
McCargo v. Merchants Insurance 10 Rob. 349 1845 0 Insurance policy, emancipation, murder Louisiana
Buel v. New-York Steamer 17 La. 541 1841 0 Runaway enslaved person, sequestration, witness testimony, property, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
McCargo v. New Orleans Insurance 10 Rob. 202 1845 0 Insurance policy, emancipation, murder Louisiana
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Milo v. Lynch 9 Rob. 98 1844 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, Louisiana
Davidson v. Matthews 3 La. Ann. 316 1848 0 Sales, partition, title, successions, mortgages Louisiana
De Gruy v. His Creditors 9 Rob. 458 1845 0 Property, syndic, sales, privileges, sequestration Louisiana
Levistone v. Bona 4 Rob. 459 1843 0 Mortgages, debts, fraud, seizure, sales, recordation, promissory notes Louisiana
Beon v. Morgan 5 Mart. (n.s.) 701 1827 0 Seizure, successions, partition, property, possessory action Louisiana