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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibson v. McCormick 10 G. & J. 65 1838 0 Maryland
Jackson ex dem. Suffern v. McConnell 19 Wend. 175 1838 1 New York
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Barkeloo v. Randall 4 Blackf. 476 1838 1 Indiana
Whitehead v. Middleton 3 Miss. 692 1838 1 Mississippi
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Regents of the University of Maryland v. Williams 9 G. & J. 365 1838 1 Maryland
Pearson v. Taylor 20 N.C. 60 1838 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Caplinger v. Stokes 19 Tenn. 175 1838 0 Tennessee
Camp v. Bates 13 Conn. 1 1838 1 Connecticut
Insurance Co. v. Smith 3 Whart. 520 1838 1 Pennsylvania
Mourain v. Devall 12 La. 93 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, bonds Louisiana
Fisk v. Hart 11 La. 479 1838 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Behan v. Faures 12 La. 211 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
White v. M'Quillan 12 La. 530 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, peremptory exception, debts, prescription, property Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana