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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, successions, partition, injunction, damages, property Louisiana
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales 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
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Sales, seizure, damages, fraud, simulation, recordation, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 Will & trust New Jersey
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, privileges, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Smith v. Bradford 14 La. 281 1840 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, privileges, debts, damages Louisiana
Taylor v. Andrus 16 La. 15 1840 0 Torts, contracts, property Louisiana
Dashiell v. Lesassier 15 La. 101 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, privileges, injunction Louisiana
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
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, endorsement Louisiana
Brander v. Bowmar 16 La. 370 1840 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Hypothecary action, debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages, privileges, injunction Louisiana