Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 Fraudulent Sale United States
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 Trusts North Carolina
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
White v. Pettijohn 23 N.C. 52 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 wills & Estates North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina