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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Property, successions, tutorship Louisiana
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Barrett v. Walker 14 La. 303 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, conflict of laws, contracts, sales Louisiana
Graham v. Alexander 5 D.C. 663 1840 0 Freedom Petition United States
Kerries v. Botts 14 La. 432 1840 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission Louisiana
Dashiell v. Lesassier 15 La. 101 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Bill to redeem enslaved persons Alabama
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promissory notes, warranty Louisiana
Barnett v. Macoin 14 La. 428 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, criminal law Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Community property, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, prescription, injunction Louisiana
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Keaton's Distributees v. Campbell 21 Tenn. 224 1840 0 Tennessee
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana