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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Griffin v. Waters 1 Rob. 149 1841 0 Partition, property, community property, successions, partnerships Louisiana
Stewart v. Barcroft 23 F. Cas. 53 1841 0 Manumission/executor's duties United States
Jackson v. Heirs of Bridges 1 Rob. 172 1841 0 Freedom suit, sales, warranty Louisiana
Sims v. Sims 2 Ala. 117 1841 0 Grifting an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dussin v. Charles 1 Rob. 195 1841 0 Promissory notes, agency, sales, freedom suit Louisiana
McCord v. Love 3 Ala. 107 1841 0 Recovery for services of enslaved persons Alabama
Duncan v. Elam 1 Rob. 135 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, recordation Louisiana
Manadue v. Franklin 1 Rob. 122 1841 0 Sales, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Webb & Taylor v. Brown 3 Ark. 488 1841 0 Delivery bond enforcement Arkansas
Hood v. Segrest 1 Rob. 109 1841 0 Petitory action, delivery, possessory action Louisiana
Desha v. Baker 3 Ark. 509 1841 0 Writ of attachment Arkansas
Dorsey v. Harding 1 Rob. 132 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Watt's Ex'rs. v. Sheppard 2 Ala. 425 1841 0 Property dispute Alabama
Rowley v. Rowley 19 La. 557 1841 0 Community property, property, divorce, partition, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Wafer v. Pratt 1 Rob. 41 1841 0 Fieri facias, sales, adverse possession, damages, seizure, property Louisiana
Knight v. Murchison 1 Rob. 31 1841 0 Intervernor, property, community property, conflict of laws, simulation, sales Louisiana
Dunn v. Bank of Mobile 2 Ala. 152 1841 0 Dispute over Gifting of Enslaved Person Alabama
Bronaugh v. Neal 1 Rob. 23 1841 0 Suretyship, reconventional demand, promissory notes, contracts, delivery Louisiana
Klady v. McGuire 1 Rob. 25 1841 0 Jurisdiction, sales, criminal law Louisiana
Kiper v. Nuttall 1 Rob. 46 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales, warranty, redhibition Louisiana