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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lindsay v. King 3 Port. 406 1836 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Roneys v. Roneys 34 Va. 13 1836 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Perry v. Terrel 21 N.C. 441 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thornton v. Mansker 10 La. 121 1836 0 Successions, curator, property, community property, sales, debts, privileges Louisiana
Montgomery v. Russell 10 La. 330 1836 0 Bonds, suretyship, seizure, libel, conflict of laws, property, privileges, sales Louisiana
Macarty v. Bond's Administrator 9 La. 351 1836 0 Sales, property, successions, damages, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Montreuil v. Pierre 9 La. 356 1836 0 Successions, property, wills, capacity, emancipation, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Taylor v. Felps 10 La. 114 1836 0 Community property, property, marriage, witness testimony, partnerships Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 9 La. 488 1836 0 Successions, wills, sales, emancipation Louisiana
Ditch v. Wilkinson's Curator 10 La. 201 1836 0 Wages, duccessions, prescription, concubines Louisiana
Carlin v. Harding 10 La. 223 1836 0 Promissory notes, endorsements, mortgages Louisiana
Jones v. Ward 18 Tenn. 160 1836 0 Tennessee
Hutchings v. Field 10 La. 237 1836 0 Petitory action, damages, sales, warranty, property, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Shaw v. Smith 17 Tenn. 97 1836 0 Tennessee
Carroll v. Pathkiller 3 Port. 279 1836 0 Detinue Alabama
Middleton v. Holmes 3 Port. 424 1836 0 Trespass for killing enslaved person Alabama
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Berard v. Berard 9 La. 156 1836 0 Freedom suit, property, successions Louisiana
Handy v. Parkison 10 La. 92 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, privileges, damages, usufruct Louisiana
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Dispute over Will Alabama