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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bonneau v. Poydras 2 Rob. 1 1842 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Malone v. Barker 2 Rob. 369 1842 0 Petitory action, promissory notes, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages, property Louisiana
State v. Judge of the First Judicial District 2 Rob. 395 1842 0 Community property, sequestration, property, suretyship Louisiana
Mock v. Kelly 3 Ala. 387 1842 0 Recovery for medical services Alabama
Succession of Johnson 3 Rob. 216 1842 0 Promissory notes, successions, privileges, property, sales, seizure, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Wherry v. Bell 2 Rob. 225 1842 0 Successions, sales, property, debts, seizure Louisiana
Pitts v. Curtis 4 Ala. 350 1842 0 Ownership Dispute Based on Gift Alabama
Gallier v. Walsh 1 Rob. 226 1842 0 Partnership, liquidation, property, contracts Louisiana
Thompson v. Chrétien 3 Rob. 26 1842 0 Property, suretyship, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Branch of the Bank of the State at Decatur v. Peirce 3 Ala. 321 1842 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gallier v. Garcia 2 Rob. 319 1842 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, property, privileges Louisiana
Mead v. Figh 4 Ala. 279 1842 0 Delivery bond dispute Alabama
Rice v. Richardson 3 Ala. 428 1842 0 Action of error on the purhcase of enslaved person Alabama
Cowling v. Douglass 4 Ala. 206 1842 0 Levy on a enslaved person Alabama
Hawkins v. Brown 3 Rob. 310 1842 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Briggs v. Spencer 3 Rob. 265 1842 0 Debts, res judicata, property, seizure, conflict of laws, bonds Louisiana
Cook v. Dyer 3 Ala. 643 1842 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Mulhollan v. Henderson 3 Rob. 297 1842 0 Sales, seizure, privileges, prescription, obligations Louisiana
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