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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, prescription, property Louisiana
Dashiell v. Lesassier 15 La. 101 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Brumfield v. Cunningham 14 La. 264 1840 0 Promissory notes, fraud, damages Louisiana
Smith v. Bradford 14 La. 281 1840 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, debts, damages Louisiana
Clark v. Glover 14 La. 266 1840 0 Injunction, mortgages, property, promissory notes, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Barrett v. Walker 14 La. 303 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, conflict of laws, contracts, sales Louisiana
Dawson v. Duplantier 15 La. 289 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, property, seizure, privileges, injunction, redhibition, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Wills, successions, property, legacies Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, privileges, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Community property, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, prescription, injunction Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promissory notes, warranty Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Property, sales, seizure, privileges, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Emmerling v. Beebe 15 La. 251 1840 0 Bailment, conversion, sales, damages Louisiana
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Interdiction, capacity, property Louisiana
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama