Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
Menefee v. Johnson 2 Rob. 274 1842 0 Contracts, delivery, property, obligations, damages Louisiana
Gay v. Kendig 2 Rob. 472 1842 0 Promissory notes, warranty, redhibition, recission, sales Louisiana
State v. Judge of the First Judicial District 2 Rob. 395 1842 0 Community property, sequestration, property, suretyship Louisiana
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Assumpsit to liquidate damages Arkansas
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Galpin v. Jessup 3 Rob. 90 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty Louisiana
Saulet v. Trepagnier 2 Rob. 357 1842 0 Promissory notes, sales, property Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, successions, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana
Kemp v. Womack 1 Rob. 369 1842 0 Successions, prescription, adverse possession Louisiana
Maria v. Edwards 1 Rob. 359 1842 0 Freedom suit, wills, emancipation, witness testimony Louisiana
Jourdain ex rel. Baker v. Boissière 2 Rob. 289 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Lebesque v. Bonin 3 Rob. 12 1842 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Norris v. Bradford 4 Ala. 203 1842 0 Trover Alabama
Hawkins v. Brown 3 Rob. 310 1842 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Peck v. Glass 7 Miss. 195 1842 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Lee v. Bryan 3 Ala. 278 1842 0 Levy of enslaved persons Alabama
Cassidy v. His Creditors 2 Rob. 47 1842 0 Successions, mortgages, privileges, sales, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Seip v. Hozey 2 Rob. 567 1842 0 Damages, theft, saales, suretyship Louisiana