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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Property restoration Mississippi
Quinn v. Green 36 N.C. 229 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 Estates North Carolina
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 Deeds North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 Sales North Carolina
Kent v. Allbritain 5 Miss. 317 1840 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Injunction, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, seizure, sales, recission, promissory notes, warranty, damages Louisiana
Taylor v. Andrus 16 La. 15 1840 0 Torts, contracts, property Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana