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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Canty v. Beal 17 La. 282 1841 0 Partnerships, privileges, damages, contracts Louisiana
Carter v. Graves 7 Miss. 9 1841 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Fryer v. Dennis 2 Ala. 144 1841 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama
Sims v. Canfield 2 Ala. 555 1841 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Plicque & Lebeau v. Perret 19 La. 318 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages, debts, internveor, res judicata, property Louisiana
Bryant v. Peters 3 Ala. 160 1841 0 Motion to dismiss bill for want of equity Alabama
Cripps v. Mudd 6 F. Cas. 814 1841 0 Wills/ Parol Evidence United States
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
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, property, contracts Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Sales, seizure, damages, fraud, simulation, recordation, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Le Blanc v. His Creditors 16 La. 120 1840 0 Mortgages, property, debts, successions, syndic, privileges, tutorship Louisiana
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Injunction, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, seizure, sales, recission, promissory notes, warranty, damages Louisiana
Forsyth v. Despierris's Executors 15 La. 215 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, warranty, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 15 La. 94 1840 0 Property, sales, mortgages, damages, eviction, successions, leases, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Bob & Milly v. Nugent's Syndics 15 La. 63 1840 0 Freedom suit, wills, successions, emancipation, conflict of laws, syndic, privileges Louisiana