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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 10 La. 524 1837 0 Sales, mortgages, property, contracts, damages, leases Louisiana
Orso v. Orso 11 La. 61 1837 0 Successions, property, community property, promissory notes Louisiana
Thomassin v. Raphael's Executor 11 La. 128 1837 0 Successions, forced heir, legitimacy, filiation, marriage, emancipation Louisiana
Laclotte's Heirs v. Labarre 11 La. 179 1837 0 Successions, legitimacy Louisiana
Lucket v. Lucket 11 La. 241 1837 0 Community property, property, seizure, privileges, sales Louisiana
M'Burney v. Flagg 11 La. 333 1837 0 Seizure, sales, property, community property, contracts, debts, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Hill v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 114 1837 0 "Municipal Corporations" United States
Nevett v. Berry 18 F. Cas. 27 1837 0 Trover United States
Den ex dem. Ferebee v. Procter 19 N.C. 439 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Cook 22 S.C.L. 234 1837 0 South Carolina
Negro William Richardson's Case 5 D.C. 338 1837 0 Habeus Corpus/ Runaways United States
Skipwith's Ex'or v. Cunningham 35 Va. 271 1837 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
King's Ex'ors v. Sheffey's Adm'r 35 Va. 614 1837 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Pearce v. Gleaves 18 Tenn. 359 1837 0 Tennessee
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Beehler v. Steever 2 Whart. 313 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Town of New-Haven v. Town of Newtown 12 Conn. 165 1837 1 Connecticut