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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McNairy v. Bell 5 Rob. 418 1843 0 Sales, debts, auccessions, privileges, prescription, service, promissory notes Louisiana
Dash v. Dosson 6 Rob. 11 1843 0 Property, petitory action, wills, successions, parol evidence Louisiana
Irvin v. Real Estate Bank 5 Ark. 30 1843 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Martin v. Drake 1 Rob. 218 1842 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, sales, community property, suretyship Louisiana
Bonneau v. Poydras 2 Rob. 1 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Jemison v. Cozens 3 Ala. 636 1842 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
State v. Judge of the First Judicial District 2 Rob. 395 1842 0 Community property, sequestration, property, suretyship Louisiana
Gallier v. Garcia 2 Rob. 319 1842 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, property, privileges Louisiana
Peck v. Glass 7 Miss. 195 1842 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Mulhollan v. Henderson 3 Rob. 297 1842 0 Sales, seizure, privileges, prescription, obligations Louisiana
Briggs v. Spencer 3 Rob. 265 1842 0 Debts, res judicata, property, seizure, conflict of laws, bonds Louisiana
President of the Bank of the United States v. Merle 2 Rob. 117 1842 0 Damages, service, notice Louisiana
Hawkins v. Brown 3 Rob. 310 1842 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Thompson v. Chrétien 3 Rob. 26 1842 0 Property, suretyship, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Smith v. Scott 3 Rob. 258 1842 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, property, successions, privileges Louisiana
Bookout v. Anderson 3 Rob. 290 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, theft, debts, mortgages, property Louisiana
Lee v. Hamilton 3 Ala. 529 1842 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Gay v. Kendig 2 Rob. 472 1842 0 Promissory notes, warranty, redhibition, recission, sales Louisiana
State v. Abram 4 Ala. 272 1842 0 Trial of Enslaved Personsfor murder Alabama