Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
McMorine v. Storey 20 N.C. 87 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Trespass committed by slave Mississippi
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Jennings v. Sykes 22 N.C. 151 1838 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Graham v. Davidson 22 N.C. 155 1838 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Van Winckle v. Flecheaux 12 La. 148 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana