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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Foutelet v. Dugas 11 La. 49 1837 0 Successions, mortgages, injunction, property, community property, sales Louisiana
Rroctor v. Richardson 11 La. 186 1837 0 Sales, property, partnerships, successions, community property, possessory action Louisiana
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia
Penny v. Toulouse 11 La. 109 1837 0 Petitory action, donations, sales, seizure, property Louisiana
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Alleged kidnapping New Hampshire
Kemp's Heirs v. Kemp's Executors 11 La. 19 1837 0 Successions, donation, partnerships, debts, privileges, promissory notes, partition Louisiana
Michel's Heirs v. Michel's Curator 11 La. 149 1837 0 Successions, sales, property, wills, debts Louisiana
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Hall v. Emerson's Curator 11 La. 1 1837 0 Successions, property, sales, debts, privileges, seizure Louisiana
State v. Hardin 19 N.C. 407 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Hall v. M'Henry 5 Port. 123 1837 0 Trespass Alabama
Rodriguez v. Vassant 11 La. 165 1837 0 Sequestration, sales, petitory action, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Foster's Heirs v. Foster's Administratrix 11 La. 401 1837 0 Recission, sales, fraud, successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Irby v. Wilson 21 N.C. 568 1837 0 Divorce North Carolina
Wrights v. Oldham 35 Va. 306 1837 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Prather v. Burgess 5 D.C. 376 1837 0 Marriage/Divorce United States
Arnous v. Lesassier 10 La. 592 1837 0 Successions, property, mortgages, recordation, contracts Louisiana
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee