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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell's Ex'ors v. White 38 Va. 309 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
London v. Turner 38 Va. 403 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Fisher v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 673 1840 0 Unlawfully employing a free person of color General Ct. of VA
Phillips v. Governor 2 Ark. 382 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Replevin for enslaved persons Arkansas
Walker v. Bradley 2 Ark. 578 1840 0 Action to levy enslaved persons Arkansas
Overton v. Maben 37 Va. 609 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 Settlement of accounts SC of Appeals VA
Campbells v. Patterson 38 Va. 113 1840 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Jobe v. O'Brien 21 Tenn. 34 1840 0 Tennessee
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Corbin v. Emmerson 37 Va. 663 1840 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
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
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, recordation, debts, prescription, seizure, sales Louisiana
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, prescription, property Louisiana