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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, community property, damages Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 15 La. 94 1840 0 Property, sales, mortgages, damages, eviction, successions, leases, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Property, sales, seizure, privileges, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Phillips v. Governor 2 Ark. 382 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Replevin for enslaved persons Arkansas
Walker v. Bradley 2 Ark. 578 1840 0 Action to levy enslaved persons Arkansas
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Injunction, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, seizure, sales, recission, promissory notes, warranty, damages Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Sales, seizure, damages, fraud, simulation, recordation, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee