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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Insurance Co. v. Smith 3 Whart. 520 1838 1 Pennsylvania
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Will & trust Mississippi
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
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Fisk v. Hart 11 La. 479 1838 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Mason v. Mason's Widow & Heirs 12 La. 589 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, donations, community property, promissory notes, collation Louisiana
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Property, damages, successions, sales, adverse possession Louisiana
Behan v. Faures 12 La. 211 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 Indictment against a justice of the peace North Carolina
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Taylor v. Brooks 20 N.C. 139 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
M'Rae's Administratrix v. M'Rae 11 La. 571 1838 0 Successions, property, simulation, sales, capacity, property Louisiana
Frank v. Powell 11 La. 499 1838 0 Freedom suit, seizure, sales, property, conflict of laws Louisiana