Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sims v. Hundly 3 Miss. 896 1838 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Surviving Partners of Massey v. M'Dowell 20 N.C. 120 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Whitesides v. Williams 22 N.C. 153 1838 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Bunting v. Ricks 22 N.C. 130 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 Appeal of conviction of being out past curfew. United States
State v. Hathaway 20 N.C. 125 1838 0 Harboring or maintaining a runaway slave North Carolina
Gee v. Gee 22 N.C. 103 1838 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Hunt v. Davis 20 N.C. 42 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Wilson v. Alexander 36 Va. 166 1838 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Trespass committed by slave Mississippi
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Smith v. Garey 22 N.C. 42 1838 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Slade v. Rhodes 22 N.C. 24 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Vaughan v. Dickens 22 N.C. 52 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wynns v. Alexander 22 N.C. 58 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thompson v. Thompson 3 Miss. 737 1838 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Harrington v. Harrington 3 Miss. 701 1838 0 Deed dispute Mississippi