Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Allen v. Pass 20 N.C. 77 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Gorton v. Gorton's Executor 12 La. 476 1838 0 Injunction, seizure, sales, mortgages, successions, property, promissory notes, suretyship Louisiana
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Enslaved PersonsFreed in Will, but Heirs to Estate Tried to Retain Hold of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Boren v. M'Gehee 6 Port. 432 1838 0 Levy on execution of sale Alabama
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Hawkins ex rel. Mundell v. Bowie 9 G. & J. 428 1838 0 Maryland