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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Henderson v. Bryan 12 La. 10 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Van Winckle v. Flecheaux 12 La. 148 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Wynns v. Alexander 22 N.C. 58 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
Slade v. Rhodes 22 N.C. 24 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Smith v. Garey 22 N.C. 42 1838 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Hunt v. Davis 20 N.C. 42 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gee v. Gee 22 N.C. 103 1838 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Bunting v. Ricks 22 N.C. 130 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
McMorine v. Storey 20 N.C. 87 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jennings v. Sykes 22 N.C. 151 1838 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Locke v. Armstrong 22 N.C. 147 1838 0 Suit in equity North Carolina