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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clarke v. Dunnavant 37 Va. 13 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 Writ of habeus corpus SC of Appeals VA
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Gibson v. Huie 14 La. 129 1839 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promisorry notes, domicil, personal jurisdiction Louisiana
Gibson v. Huie 14 La. 124 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, damages, personal jurisdiction, promissory notes, service Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Partnerships, property, dissolution, partition Louisiana
Bailly, F. M. C. v. Percy, F. W. C. 14 La. 17 1839 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, prescription, mortgages, syndic, privileges, successions Louisiana
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Emerson's Heirs v. Hall 14 La. 1 1839 0 Criminal law, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, property Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, recission, sales Louisiana
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Behan v. Hite 14 La. 67 1839 0 Sales, delivery, interrogatories Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, promissory notes Louisiana
Escurix v. Daboval 13 La. 87 1839 0 Damages, false imprisonment, seizure, sales, debts, privileges Louisiana
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Seizure, sales, hypothecary action, injunction, property, intervenor Louisiana
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 111 1839 0 Successions, sales, partition, property, debts, redhibition, partnerships Louisiana
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, debts Louisiana
Hiriart v. Roses 13 La. 126 1839 0 Sales, fraud, simulation, property, debts, obligations Louisiana