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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Seghers v. Schmidt 12 La. 207 1838 0 Marriage, property, donations, successions, partition Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Traverso v. Row 11 La. 494 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, capacity Louisiana
Van Winckle v. Flecheaux 12 La. 148 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Fagan v. Jones 22 N.C. 69 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Dey v. Williams 22 N.C. 66 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Allen v. Pass 20 N.C. 77 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Conner v. Satchwell 20 N.C. 72 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
McMorine v. Storey 20 N.C. 87 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 Indictment against a justice of the peace North Carolina
Caldwell v. Smith 20 N.C. 64 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Lamb v. Gatlin 22 N.C. 37 1838 0 Estates North Carolina
Hooper v. Hooper 20 N.C. 150 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina