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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Criswell 14 La. 166 1839 0 Privileges, successions, debts, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, subrogation Louisiana
Clarke v. Dunnavant 37 Va. 13 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Indictment for concealing enslaved person Alabama
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Minter v. Bigelow 9 Port. 481 1839 0 Property dispute Alabama
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Parol evidence, sales, property, leases, seizure, damages, eviction, mortgages Louisiana
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 115 1839 0 Sales, successions, redhibition, damages, partition Louisiana
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Property, sales, removal, fraud, mortgages, damages Louisiana
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 111 1839 0 Successions, sales, partition, property, debts, redhibition, partnerships Louisiana
Spruill v. Cannon 22 N.C. 400 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Charles v. Elliott 20 N.C. 468 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina