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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Thomas v. Generis 16 La. 483 1840 0 Freedom suit, sales, property, conflict of laws, emancipation Louisiana
Armor v. Lewis 16 La. 331 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, prescription, property Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Taylor v. Andrus 16 La. 15 1840 0 Torts, contracts, property Louisiana
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Interdiction, capacity, property Louisiana
Nelson v. Botts 16 La. 596 1840 0 Property, employment law, wages, sequestration Louisiana
Brander v. Bowmar 16 La. 370 1840 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Property, successions, tutorship Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, endorsement Louisiana
Cook v. Parkarson 16 La. 129 1840 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, damages Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Wills, successions, property, legacies Louisiana
Lambert v. Franchebois 16 La. 1 1840 0 Property, community property, seizure, sales, damages, debts Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
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
Lesassier v. Dashiell 14 La. 467 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, sales, mortgages, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina