Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Property, syndics, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Fortier v. Labranche 13 La. 355 1839 0 Sales, recission, succession, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony 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
Sortwell v. Jewett 9 Ohio 180 1839 1 Ohio
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Pierce's Adm'r v. Trigg's Heirs 37 Va. 406 1839 1 Virginia
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lupton v. Janney 38 U.S. 381 1839 1 United States
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 Writ of habeus corpus SC of Appeals VA
Burton v. Smith 38 U.S. 464 1839 1 United States
Trustees of McIntire Poor School v. Zanesville Canal & Manufacturing Co. 9 Ohio 203 1839 1 Ohio
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina