Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beale v. Seiveley 35 Va. 658 1837 1 Virginia
Callaway v. Alexander 35 Va. 114 1837 1 Virginia
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
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
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Mead v. Steger 5 Port. 498 1837 0 Assumpsit Alabama
M'Burney v. Flagg 11 La. 333 1837 0 Seizure, sales, property, community property, contracts, debts, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 10 La. 524 1837 0 Sales, mortgages, property, contracts, damages, leases Louisiana
Williams v. Turner 18 Tenn. 287 1837 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
M'Connell v. Peobles 21 N.C. 601 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Nicholas 35 Va. 330 1837 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. Andrews & Bros. 5 Port. 107 1837 1 Alabama
Merrill v. Ithaca & Owego Rail Road 16 Wend. 586 1837 1 New York
Mastin v. Waugh 19 N.C. 517 1837 1 North Carolina
Commercial Bank v. Hughes 17 Wend. 94 1837 1 New York
Campbell v. Pennsylvania Life Insurance 2 Whart. 53 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Snead v. Rhodes 19 N.C. 386 1837 1 North Carolina