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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 Sales North Carolina
Norwood v. Marrow 20 N.C. 442 1839 0 Deeds North Carolina
Pearson v. Daniel 22 N.C. 360 1839 0 Trusts North Carolina
Vick's Ex'or v. M'Daniel 4 Miss. 337 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Mississippi
Williams v. Bartow 13 La. 404 1839 0 Property, petitory action, damages, donations, contracts, breach, sequestration Louisiana
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Cecile v. St. Denis 14 La. 184 1839 0 Sales, fraud, wills, capacity Louisiana
Baldwin v. Criswell 14 La. 166 1839 0 Privileges, successions, debts, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, subrogation Louisiana
Nor v. Taylor 13 La. 249 1839 0 Property, sales, contracts, breach, wills, mortgages, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Baptiste, F. W. C. v. Soulie, F. W. C. 13 La. 268 1839 0 Sales, recission, damages, redhibition, promissory notes, prescription, evidence Louisiana
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Damages, injunction, property, sales, promissory notes, contracts, res judicata, privileges Louisiana
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Community property, property, sales, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Minter v. Bigelow 9 Port. 481 1839 0 Property dispute Alabama
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Falls v. Gaither 9 Port. 605 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Webb v. Bumpass 9 Port. 201 1839 0 Expose to sale Alabama
M'Cutchen's Adm'rs v. M'Cutchen 9 Port. 650 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina