Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beers, Booth & St. John v. Spooner 36 Va. 64 1838 1 Virginia
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Long 22 N.C. 138 1838 1 North Carolina
Houston v. Dyche 19 Tenn. 76 1838 1 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Case v. Riker 10 Vt. 482 1838 1 Vermont
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
Maury's Adm'r v. Mason's Adm'r 8 Port. 211 1838 1 Alabama
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States