Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Enslaved PersonsFreed in Will, but Heirs to Estate Tried to Retain Hold of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Caton v. MacTavish 10 G. & J. 192 1838 0 Maryland
Dozier v. Joyce 8 Port. 303 1838 0 Detinue for wrongful detention of enslaved persons Alabama
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Wrongfully sending away enslaved persons Alabama
Ricks v. Dillahunty 8 Port. 133 1838 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Copewood v. Taylor's adm'r 7 Port. 33 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Heirs of Capal v. M'Millan 8 Port. 197 1838 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
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
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Wyman v. Campbell 6 Port. 219 1838 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Richardson v. Richardson 4 Port. 467 1837 0 Property dispute Alabama