Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Himel v. Connely 195 La. 769 1940 1 Louisiana
Gedart v. Ejdrygiewicz 305 Mass. 224 1940 1 Massachusetts
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Himel v. Connely 197 So. 424 1940 1 Louisiana
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 194 La. 352 1940 1 Louisiana
Carswell v. Creswell 217 N.C. 40 1940 1 North Carolina
Taunton v. Dobbs 240 Ala. 287 1940 1 Alabama
Succession of Rabb 193 So. 268 1940 1 Louisiana
Hessmer v. Edenborn 196 La. 575 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Galiano 195 So. 377 1940 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Greenwood 218 N.C. 146 1940 1 North Carolina
Shoemaker v. Coats 218 N.C. 251 1940 1 North Carolina
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
Martin v. State 190 Miss. 32 1940 1 Mississippi
Grenada Auto Co. v. Waldrop 188 Miss. 468 1940 1 Mississippi
In re Richards & Holloway, Inc. 35 F. Supp. 51 1940 1 United States
In re Industrial Homestead Ass'n 198 So. 528 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Butterworth 195 La. 115 1940 1 Louisiana