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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Interdiction, capacity, property Louisiana
Nelson v. Botts 16 La. 596 1840 0 Property, employment law, wages, sequestration Louisiana
Brander v. Bowmar 16 La. 370 1840 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Property, successions, tutorship Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Forsyth v. Despierris's Executors 15 La. 215 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, endorsement Louisiana
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, community property, damages Louisiana
Cook v. Parkarson 16 La. 129 1840 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, damages Louisiana
M'Casken v. Smith 16 La. 32 1840 0 Contracts, employment, breach Louisiana
Kemper's Heirs v. Hulick 16 La. 44 1840 0 Possessory action, damages, property, successions, petitory action Louisiana
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana
Mahle v. Terry 16 La. 248 1840 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure Louisiana
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 Will & trust New Jersey
Bray's Executrix v. Bray 16 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, wills, property, sales, partition, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Petrovic v. Hyde 16 La. 223 1840 0 Injunction, sales, mortgages, promissory notes, partnerships, property, seizure, debts, damages, contracts Louisiana
Harrison v. Faulk 16 La. 358 1840 0 Property, promissory notes, service Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 15 La. 94 1840 0 Property, sales, mortgages, damages, eviction, successions, leases, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Hempkin v. Bowmar 16 La. 363 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, fraud, simulation, debts, contracts, privileges Louisiana
Hoover v. Glasscock 16 La. 242 1840 0 Tutorship, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, laches, contracts, obligations Louisiana