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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Morrison v. Bennet 17 F. Cas. 836 1838 0 Mortgage dispute United States
Levy v. Levy 11 La. 577 1838 0 Property, partnerships, successions, donations, simulation, fraud, donations Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
Frank v. Powell 11 La. 499 1838 0 Freedom suit, seizure, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Property, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sales, fraud, syndic, prescription, contracts, community property Louisiana
Bostwick v. Gasquet 11 La. 534 1838 0 Injunction, property, community property, fraud, seizure Louisiana
Noe v. Taylor 11 La. 551 1838 0 Contracts, sales, property, mortgages, obligations, damages, promissory notes Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
M'Rae's Administratrix v. M'Rae 11 La. 571 1838 0 Successions, property, simulation, sales, capacity, property Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Property, damages, successions, sales, adverse possession Louisiana
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty, damages, personal jurisdiction, property, prescription Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Fisk v. Hart 11 La. 479 1838 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Mason v. Mason's Widow & Heirs 12 La. 589 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, donations, community property, promissory notes, collation Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana