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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Towns v. Riddle 2 Ala. 694 1841 1 Alabama
Gaillardet v. Demaries 18 La. 490 1841 0 Damages, negligence, property, liability, torts Louisiana
Turner & Renshaw v. Wheaton 18 La. 37 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission, redhibition, warranty Louisiana
Nantz v. Wyatt 1 Rob. 10 1841 0 Property, petitory action, sales, consideration, debt Louisiana
Barrett v. Bullard 19 La. 281 1841 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 17 1841 0 Wills, recission, sales, domicil, personal jurisdiction, successions Louisiana
Riggs v. Duperrier 19 La. 418 1841 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
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
Moffatt v. Murray 18 La. 357 1841 0 Promissory notes, liability, mortgages, partnerships, fraud Louisiana
Edwards v. Martin's Heirs 19 La. 284 1841 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, property Louisiana
Olivier v. Cannon 18 La. 474 1841 0 Torts, conversion, damages, property, sequestration Louisiana
Stanbrough v. Scott 1 Rob. 43 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, privileges Louisiana
Baird v. Livingston 1 Rob. 182 1841 0 Debts, sales, mortgages, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Wafer v. Pratt 1 Rob. 41 1841 0 Fieri facias, sales, adverse possession, damages, seizure, property Louisiana
Russell v. Favier 18 La. 585 1841 0 Petitory action, sales, property, conflict of laws, damages, bailment Louisiana
Hooper v. Hyams 1 Rob. 90 1841 0 Injunction, sales, redhibition, recission, successions, suretyship Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 17 La. 353 1841 0 Property, recission, sales, fraud, simulation, promissory notes, contracts Louisiana
Kiper v. Nuttall 1 Rob. 46 1841 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales, warranty, redhibition Louisiana
Comeau v. Fontenot 19 La. 406 1841 0 Property, community property, successions, sales Louisiana