Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Allen v. Pass 20 N.C. 77 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Brunson v. Brunson 19 Tenn. 630 1838 0 Tennessee
Jordan v. Black 19 Tenn. 142 1838 0 Tennessee
Langley's Heirs v. Langley's Executors 12 La. 114 1838 0 Wills, capacity, validity, nullity, emancipation Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
M'Cutchen v. M'Cutchen 8 Port. 151 1838 0 Detinue for a Enslaved Person Alabama
Dodge v. Brittain 19 Tenn. 84 1838 0 Tennessee
Wyman v. Campbell 6 Port. 219 1838 0 Sale dispute Alabama
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 Wills and Bequeathments United States
Lamb v. Wragg 8 Port. 73 1838 0 Right of Property Alabama
Wood v. Jones 19 Tenn. 513 1838 0 Tennessee
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Dozier v. Joyce 8 Port. 303 1838 0 Detinue for wrongful detention of enslaved persons Alabama