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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wanzer v. Barker 5 Miss. 363 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Partnerships, sales, property, fraud, privileges, simulation, criminal law Louisiana
Ferriday v. Selser 5 Miss. 506 1840 0 Deed of trust dispute Mississippi
Ash v. Williams 5 D.C. 674 1840 0 Freedom Suit/Petition/Wills/ United States
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Grand Gulf Bank v. Henderson 6 Miss. 292 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Property restoration Mississippi
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
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