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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williamson v. Gordon's Executors 19 Va. 257 1816 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Hendley 19 Va. 219 1816 0 Fraud SC of Appeals VA
Nichols v. Palmer 5 N.C. 436 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dussuau's Syndics v. Bredeaux 4 Mart. (o.s.) 450 1816 0 Syndic, successions, property, privileges, sales, evidence, disavowal Louisiana
Butler v. Haskell 4 S.C. Eq. 651 1816 0 South Carolina
West v. Belches 19 Va. 187 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Stone v. Pointer 19 Va. 287 1816 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Dunwoodie's Ex'ors v. Carrington 5 N.C. 469 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Garland v. Bugg 19 Va. 166 1816 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 209 1816 0 Sales, contracts, redhibition, breach, recission, recordation, damages, property Louisiana
Beard v. Poydras 4 Mart. (o.s.) 348 1816 0 Property, wills, capacity, witness testimony, emancipation, parol evidence, intestacy, sales Louisiana
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 289 1816 0 Damages, judgment Louisiana
Cotten v. Powell 5 N.C. 431 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Terry v. Patton 4 Mart. (o.s.) 301 1816 0 Seizure, conflict of laws Louisiana
Johnson v. Boon's Heirs 4 Mart. (o.s.) 380 1816 0 Successions, privileges, debts, legitimacy, property Louisiana
White v. Holsten 4 Mart. (o.s.) 471 1816 0 Property, successions, forced heirs, legitimacy, wills, parol evidence, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana
Forsyth v. Nash 4 Mart. (o.s.) 385 1816 0 Property, sales, recordation, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws, criminal law Louisiana
Emerson v. Howland 8 F. Cas. 634 1816 0 Recovery for wages United States
Roussel v. Dukeylus' Syndics 4 Mart. (o.s.) 218 1816 0 Mortgages, trusts, fraud, sales, promissory notes, contracts, debts Louisiana
Carter's Executor v. Carter 19 Va. 108 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA