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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Conversion, Louisiana
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Bartow 13 La. 404 1839 0 Property, petitory action, damages, donations, contracts, breach, sequestration Louisiana
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Torts, damages, witness testimony, negligence Louisiana
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Property, syndics, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Dentinue in finding enslaved persons Arkansas
Fortier v. Labranche 13 La. 355 1839 0 Sales, recission, succession, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Community property, property, sales, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Damages, injunction, property, sales, promissory notes, contracts, res judicata, privileges Louisiana
Baptiste, F. W. C. v. Soulie, F. W. C. 13 La. 268 1839 0 Sales, recission, damages, redhibition, promissory notes, prescription, evidence Louisiana
Nor v. Taylor 13 La. 249 1839 0 Property, sales, contracts, breach, wills, mortgages, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Mordecai v. Beal 8 Port. 529 1839 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 Breach of Contract United States
Catlett v. Marshall 37 Va. 79 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Cecile v. St. Denis 14 La. 184 1839 0 Sales, fraud, wills, capacity Louisiana
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee