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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Houghteling v. Fisher 19 La. 475 1841 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, damages Louisiana
Duncan v. Elam 1 Rob. 135 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, recordation Louisiana
Rawle ex rel. Russell v. Skipwith 19 La. 207 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, obligations, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Briggs, Lacoste & Co. v. Campbell 19 La. 524 1841 0 Sales, seizure, privileges, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Bowman v. Ware 18 La. 597 1841 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, damages, contracts Louisiana
Zollikoffer v. Briggs, Lacoste & Co. 19 La. 521 1841 0 Sales, conflict of laws, trusts, property, injunction, damages Louisiana
Dorsey v. Harding 1 Rob. 132 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Mason v. Farmers Bank at Petersburg 39 Va. 84 1841 1 Virginia
Foster v. Mansfield 44 Mass. 412 1841 1 Massachusetts
Criswell v. Seay 19 La. 528 1841 0 Community property, property, successions Louisiana
Rowley v. Rowley 19 La. 557 1841 0 Community property, property, divorce, partition, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Hood v. Segrest 1 Rob. 109 1841 0 Petitory action, delivery, possessory action Louisiana
McClure v. Copley 1 Rob. 133 1841 0 Sales, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Benton v. Abner C. 1 Rob. 101 1841 0 Promissory notes, obligations, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Knight v. Murchison 1 Rob. 31 1841 0 Intervernor, property, community property, conflict of laws, simulation, sales Louisiana
Morgan v. Driggs 17 La. 176 1841 1 Louisiana
Cawthorn v. McDonald 1 Rob. 57 1841 0 Sales Louisiana
Duncan v. Hawks 18 La. 548 1841 0 Damages, runaway enslaved person, seizure, privileges Louisiana
President, Directors & Co. of the Bank of Cape Fear v. Williamson 24 N.C. 147 1841 1 North Carolina
Slocomb v. Watkins 1 Rob. 214 1841 0 Promissory notes, obligations, seizure, sales, privileges Louisiana