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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Robinson v. Windham 9 Port. 397 1839 0 False warranty of a enslaved person Alabama
Pickard v. Brewer 22 N.C. 428 1839 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Watson v. Ogburn 22 N.C. 353 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Munnerlin v. Birmingham 22 N.C. 358 1839 0 Sales North Carolina
Joyner v. Vincent 20 N.C. 512 1839 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Peyton v. Smith 22 N.C. 325 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Findlay v. Hickman 37 Va. 354 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jackson v. Jackson 37 Va. 448 1839 0 Action for assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 Action to impeach a settled account SC of Appeals VA
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 Action of replevin SC of Appeals VA
Moore's Adm'r v. George's Adm'r 37 Va. 228 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Bumpass 9 Port. 201 1839 0 Expose to sale Alabama
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Catlett v. Marshall 37 Va. 79 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Petroux v. Chasal 13 La. 459 1839 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Cloud v. Martin 22 N.C. 274 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA