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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Worth v. Curtis 15 Me. 228 1839 1 Maine
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Property, syndics, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Torts, damages, witness testimony, negligence Louisiana
Fortier v. Labranche 13 La. 355 1839 0 Sales, recission, succession, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Mordecai v. Beal 8 Port. 529 1839 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Williams v. Bartow 13 La. 404 1839 0 Property, petitory action, damages, donations, contracts, breach, sequestration Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Partnerships, property, dissolution, partition Louisiana
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, seizure, recordation, wills, property Louisiana
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 115 1839 0 Sales, successions, redhibition, damages, partition Louisiana
Barelli v. Hagan 13 La. 580 1839 0 Contribution, property Louisiana
Adams v. Bell 13 La. 555 1839 0 Petitory action, property, syndic Louisiana
Bailly, F. M. C. v. Percy, F. W. C. 14 La. 17 1839 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, prescription, mortgages, syndic, privileges, successions Louisiana
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Gibson v. Huie 14 La. 129 1839 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, promisorry notes, domicil, personal jurisdiction Louisiana
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Seizure, sales, hypothecary action, injunction, property, intervenor Louisiana