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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Property, mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sales, fraud, syndic, prescription, contracts, community property Louisiana
Bostwick v. Gasquet 11 La. 534 1838 0 Injunction, property, community property, fraud, seizure Louisiana
Noe v. Taylor 11 La. 551 1838 0 Contracts, sales, property, mortgages, obligations, damages, promissory notes Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
White v. M'Quillan 12 La. 530 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, peremptory exception, debts, prescription, property Louisiana
M'Rae's Administratrix v. M'Rae 11 La. 571 1838 0 Successions, property, simulation, sales, capacity, property Louisiana
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
Forstall & Co. v. Blanchard 12 La. 1 1838 0 Sales, sequestration, suretyship, capacity, property, community property, debts, contracts Louisiana
Lopez's Heirs v. Bergel 12 La. 197 1838 0 Promissory notes, prescription, property, fraud, simulation, obligations, sales, privileges Louisiana
Mourain v. Devall 12 La. 93 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, bonds Louisiana
Hampton's Heirs v. Barrett 12 La. 159 1838 0 Property, sales, privileges, recission, debts Louisiana