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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Resoration of slaves Texas
Dorsey v. Phelan 1 Rob. 28 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Knight v. Murchison 1 Rob. 31 1841 0 Intervernor, property, community property, conflict of laws, simulation, sales Louisiana
Wafer v. Pratt 1 Rob. 41 1841 0 Fieri facias, sales, adverse possession, damages, seizure, property Louisiana
Tarleton v. Gibson 2 Ala. 638 1841 0 Levy dispute Alabama
Hood v. Segrest 1 Rob. 109 1841 0 Petitory action, delivery, possessory action Louisiana
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
Dorsey v. Harding 1 Rob. 132 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
McClure v. Copley 1 Rob. 133 1841 0 Sales, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Armstrong v. Mooney 1 Rob. 167 1841 0 Recission, sales, damages Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 19 La. 491 1841 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, property, contracts Louisiana
Griffin v. Waters 1 Rob. 149 1841 0 Partition, property, community property, successions, partnerships Louisiana
Selby v. Bass 19 La. 499 1841 1 Louisiana
Dunn v. Bank of Mobile 2 Ala. 152 1841 0 Dispute over Gifting of Enslaved Person Alabama
Jackson v. Heirs of Bridges 1 Rob. 172 1841 0 Freedom suit, sales, warranty Louisiana
Dussin v. Charles 1 Rob. 195 1841 0 Promissory notes, agency, sales, freedom suit Louisiana
Hereford v. Chase 1 Rob. 212 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, privileges, subrogation Louisiana
Kiper v. Nuttall 1 Rob. 46 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales, warranty, redhibition Louisiana
Stanbrough v. Scott 1 Rob. 43 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, privileges Louisiana