Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 Recovery for support of slave New Jersey
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Property, sales, seizure, privileges, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promissory notes, warranty Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Community property, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, prescription, injunction Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, warranty, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 wills & Estates North Carolina
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, privileges, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Le Blanc v. His Creditors 16 La. 120 1840 0 Mortgages, property, debts, successions, syndic, privileges, tutorship Louisiana