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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Yarborough 2 Ala. 524 1841 0 Sale dispute Alabama
President of the Oriental Bank v. Haskins 44 Mass. 332 1841 1 Massachusetts
Comeau v. Fontenot 19 La. 406 1841 0 Property, community property, successions, sales Louisiana
Olivier v. Cannon 18 La. 474 1841 0 Torts, conversion, damages, property, sequestration Louisiana
Oden v. Stubblefield 2 Ala. 684 1841 0 Detinue Alabama
Riggs v. Duperrier 19 La. 418 1841 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Hutchings' Widow v. Johnson's Heirs 19 La. 437 1841 0 Mortgages, petitory action, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thibodeaux 19 La. 439 1841 0 Tutorship, sales, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
Brown v. Gunning's Curatrix 19 La. 462 1841 0 Obligations, successions, sales, property, suretyship, debts, prescription, damages Louisiana
Huie v. Brazeale 19 La. 457 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, seizure, service, notice Louisiana
Canty v. Beal 17 La. 282 1841 0 Partnerships, privileges, damages, contracts Louisiana
Jacobs v. Tricou 17 La. 104 1841 0 Successions, property, community property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Brown's Executors v. Copley & Jessup 19 La. 473 1841 0 Suretyship, promissory notes, sales, successions Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 17 La. 60 1841 0 Hypothecary action, sales, property, mortgages, prescription, recordation, privileges Louisiana
Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad 17 La. 361 1841 0 Murder, damages, negligence, torts, contributory negligence Louisiana
Stephenson's Administrator v. Addison 17 La. 454 1841 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, obligations, eviction, petitory action Louisiana
Bourgeois v. Bourgeois 17 La. 494 1841 0 Fieri facias, seizure, sales, property, community property Louisiana
Duncan v. Hawks 18 La. 548 1841 0 Damages, runaway enslaved person, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Huey v. Drinkgrave 19 La. 482 1841 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, contracts Louisiana
McDonald v. Aubert 17 La. 448 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, community property, debts, obligations, mortgages Louisiana