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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Property restoration Mississippi
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Brock v. Luckett's Executors 5 Miss. 459 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Armor v. Huie 14 La. 346 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Ferriday v. Selser 5 Miss. 506 1840 0 Deed of trust dispute Mississippi
Wanzer v. Barker 5 Miss. 363 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Sales, seizure, damages, fraud, simulation, recordation, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Property, sales, seizure, privileges, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Bird v. Graham 36 N.C. 196 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promissory notes, warranty Louisiana
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Bob & Milly v. Nugent's Syndics 15 La. 63 1840 0 Freedom suit, wills, successions, emancipation, conflict of laws, syndic, privileges Louisiana
Lewis v. Owen 36 N.C. 290 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina