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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cook v. Dyer 3 Ala. 643 1842 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Stewart v. Fowler 3 Ala. 629 1842 0 Trespass for taking a enslaved person Alabama
Hill v. Rushing 4 Ala. 212 1842 0 Recovery for property Alabama
Oden v. Rippetoe 4 Ala. 68 1842 0 Property dispute Alabama
Bozman v. Brown 7 Miss. 349 1842 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Booker's Ex'rs v. Jemison 4 Ala. 408 1842 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Saulet v. Trepagnier 2 Rob. 357 1842 0 Promissory notes, sales, property Louisiana
Martin v. Drake 1 Rob. 218 1842 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, sales, community property, suretyship Louisiana
Jordan v. Black 1 Rob. 575 1842 0 Petitory action, title, successions, trusts, emamcipation, sequestration, conflict of laws Louisiana
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Towles v. Conrad 3 Rob. 69 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Porche v. L'Admirault 1 Rob. 365 1842 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, intervenor Louisiana
Gallier v. Walsh 1 Rob. 226 1842 0 Partnership, liquidation, property, contracts Louisiana
Succession of Johnson 3 Rob. 216 1842 0 Promissory notes, successions, privileges, property, sales, seizure, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Laville v. Hébrard 1 Rob. 435 1842 1 Louisiana
de Lalande v. Bormeau 1 Rob. 315 1842 0 Wills, property, emancipation, sales, contracts, recission, capacity Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Maria v. Edwards 1 Rob. 359 1842 0 Freedom suit, wills, emancipation, witness testimony Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 1 Rob. 376 1842 0 Property, simulation, seizure, sales, contracts Louisiana
Hart v. Foley 1 Rob. 378 1842 0 Community property, promissory notes, property, obligations, privileges, fieri facias, sales, successions, mortgages, prescription, partition Louisiana