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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
Stetson v. Stackhouse 18 La. 119 1841 0 Promissory notes, consideration, mortgages Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 12 1841 0 Property, successions, obligations, contracts, wills, sales Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 17 1841 0 Wills, recission, sales, domicil, personal jurisdiction, successions Louisiana
M'Cabe v. Gentes 18 La. 31 1841 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, damages, mortgages Louisiana
Powell v. Aiken & Gwinn 18 La. 321 1841 0 Property, intervenor, debts, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Fleytas v. Pontchartrain Rail Road 18 La. 339 1841 0 Murder, negligence, torts Louisiana
Penalta v. Borges' Executor 18 La. 348 1841 0 Successions, agency, property, witness testimony Louisiana
Moffatt v. Murray 18 La. 357 1841 0 Promissory notes, liability, mortgages, partnerships, fraud Louisiana
Turner & Renshaw v. Wheaton 18 La. 37 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, redhibition, warranty Louisiana
Cassidy v. His Creditors 18 La. 402 1841 0 Syndic, successions, property, debts Louisiana
Hermann, Briggs & Co. v. Hootsell 18 La. 419 1841 0 Promissory notes, intervenor, sales, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Third District 18 La. 444 1841 0 Sales, property, mortgages, recission, seizure Louisiana
Olivier v. Cannon 18 La. 474 1841 0 Torts, conversion, damages, property, sequestration Louisiana
Gaillardet v. Demaries 18 La. 490 1841 0 Damages, negligence, property, liability, torts Louisiana
Duncan v. Hawks 18 La. 548 1841 0 Damages, runaway enslaved person, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Russell v. Favier 18 La. 585 1841 0 Petitory action, sales, property, conflict of laws, damages, bailment Louisiana
Guerin's Heirs v. Bagneries 18 La. 590 1841 0 Successions, capacity, parol evidence, seizure, sales, petitory action, wills Louisiana
Bowman v. Ware 18 La. 597 1841 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, damages, contracts Louisiana
Turner v. Latorre 18 La. 74 1841 0 Fraud, sales, delivery, petitory action, parol evidence, debts Louisiana