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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Partnership dispute Connecticut
Dawson v. Duplantier 15 La. 289 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, property, seizure, privileges, injunction, redhibition, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Kemp v. Kemp 15 La. 517 1840 0 Successions, partition, property, sales Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Wills, successions, property, legacies Louisiana
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 Deeds North Carolina
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, prescription, property Louisiana
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 Estates North Carolina
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Blacknall v. Wyche 23 N.C. 94 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Boon v. Rea 36 N.C. 71 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 Sales North Carolina