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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hoy v. Couch 6 Miss. 188 1840 0 Right of property dispute Mississippi
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 Trusts North Carolina
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, endorsement Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, warranty, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
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
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, successions, partition, injunction, damages, property Louisiana
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Property, successions, tutorship Louisiana
Clark v. Glover 14 La. 266 1840 0 Injunction, mortgages, property, promissory notes, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Kemper's Heirs v. Hulick 16 La. 44 1840 0 Possessory action, damages, property, successions, petitory action Louisiana
M'Casken v. Smith 16 La. 32 1840 0 Contracts, employment, breach Louisiana
Smithwick v. Biggs 23 N.C. 281 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Cook v. Parkarson 16 La. 129 1840 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, damages Louisiana