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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
M'Intosh v. Ladd 20 Tenn. 459 1840 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Bill to redeem enslaved persons Alabama
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Brock v. Luckett's Executors 5 Miss. 459 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Underwood's Case 21 Tenn. 46 1840 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
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
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
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 Will & trust New Jersey
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, warranty, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Douthitt's Administrator v. Douthitt 1 Ala. 594 1840 0 Property dispute Alabama
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Barnett v. Macoin 14 La. 428 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, criminal law Louisiana
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana