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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jacocks v. Mullen 24 N.C. 162 1841 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, property, contracts Louisiana
Plicque & Lebeau v. Perret 19 La. 318 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages, debts, internveor, res judicata, property Louisiana
Trustees of the Poor v. Hall 3 Del. 322 1841 0 Failure to provide funding for an enslaved indivudual and if defendant was liable Delaware
Guerin's Heirs v. Bagneries 18 La. 590 1841 0 Successions, capacity, parol evidence, seizure, sales, petitory action, wills Louisiana
Russell v. Favier 18 La. 585 1841 0 Petitory action, sales, property, conflict of laws, damages, bailment Louisiana
Houghteling v. Fisher 19 La. 475 1841 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, damages Louisiana
Hermann, Briggs & Co. v. Hootsell 18 La. 419 1841 0 Promissory notes, intervenor, sales, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Canty v. Beal 17 La. 282 1841 0 Partnerships, privileges, damages, contracts Louisiana
Jacobs v. Tricou 17 La. 104 1841 0 Successions, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 17 La. 60 1841 0 Hypothecary action, sales, property, mortgages, prescription, recordation, privileges Louisiana
Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad 17 La. 361 1841 0 Murder, damages, negligence, torts, contributory negligence Louisiana
Stephenson's Administrator v. Addison 17 La. 454 1841 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, obligations, eviction, petitory action Louisiana
Bourgeois v. Bourgeois 17 La. 494 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, community property Louisiana
McDonald v. Aubert 17 La. 448 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, community property, debts, obligations, mortgages Louisiana
Haralson v. Camp 17 La. 267 1841 0 Successions, employment, property, attorney's fees, damages Louisiana
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Field 17 La. 421 1841 0 Damages, labor, community property, witness testimony Louisiana
Rouanet v. Hunt 17 La. 407 1841 0 Donations, delivery, successions Louisiana
Lapice v. Clifton 17 La. 152 1841 0 Property, sales, promissory notes, Louisiana
Foley v. Dufour 17 La. 521 1841 0 Mortgages, hypothecary action, sales, seizure, mortgages, property, syndic Louisiana