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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brumfield v. Cunningham 14 La. 264 1840 0 Promissory notes, fraud, damages Louisiana
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Interdiction, capacity, property Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, warranty, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Taylor v. Andrus 16 La. 15 1840 0 Torts, contracts, property Louisiana
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Lambert v. Franchebois 16 La. 1 1840 0 Property, community property, seizure, sales, damages, debts Louisiana
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promissory notes, warranty Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Brander v. Ferriday, Bennett & Co. 16 La. 296 1840 0 Privileges, mortgages, successions, property, partnerships, fraud, priority Louisiana
Armor v. Lewis 16 La. 331 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Damages, injunction, property, sales, promissory notes, contracts, res judicata, privileges Louisiana
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Community property, property, sales, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Torts, damages, witness testimony, negligence Louisiana
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Property, syndics, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana