Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Property restoration Mississippi
Dashiell v. Lesassier 15 La. 101 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Bob & Milly v. Nugent's Syndics 15 La. 63 1840 0 Freedom suit, wills, successions, emancipation, conflict of laws, syndic, privileges Louisiana
Dawson v. Dawson's Ex'or 37 Va. 602 1840 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promissory notes, warranty Louisiana
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Brock v. Luckett's Executors 5 Miss. 459 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Wanzer v. Barker 5 Miss. 363 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Sales, seizure, damages, fraud, simulation, recordation, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Barrett v. Walker 14 La. 303 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, conflict of laws, contracts, sales Louisiana
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Graham v. Alexander 5 D.C. 663 1840 0 Freedom Petition United States
Brumfield v. Cunningham 14 La. 264 1840 0 Promissory notes, fraud, damages Louisiana
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi