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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Corbin v. Emmerson 37 Va. 663 1840 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Coleman v. Pinkard 21 Tenn. 185 1840 0 Tennessee
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Adams v. His Creditors 14 La. 454 1840 0 Property, promissory notes, conflict of laws, contracts, partnerships, privileges, debts, community property, mortgages, prescription, fraud, syndic Louisiana
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Lesassier v. Dashiell 14 La. 467 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, sales, mortgages, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee
Kerries v. Botts 14 La. 432 1840 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission Louisiana
Overton v. Maben 37 Va. 609 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Barnett v. Macoin 14 La. 428 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, criminal law Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Ash v. Williams 5 D.C. 674 1840 0 Freedom Suit/Petition/Wills/ United States
White v. Pettijohn 23 N.C. 52 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, endorsement Louisiana