Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williamson v Hill 6 Port. 184 1837 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Rodriguez v. Vassant 11 La. 165 1837 0 Sequestration, sales, petitory action, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Youngblood v. Flagg 11 La. 337 1837 0 Sales, mortgages, debts, property, seizure, community properyy, recordation, trusts Louisiana
Moody v. Fuller 5 D.C. 303 1837 0 Freedom Petition United States
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 Fradulent Contracts/Equity United States
Penny v. Toulouse 11 La. 109 1837 0 Petitory action, donations, sales, seizure, property Louisiana
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Childress v. M'Cullough 5 Port. 54 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Perkins v. Mayfield 5 Port. 182 1837 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama
Nevett v. Berry 18 F. Cas. 27 1837 0 Trover United States
Polydore v. Prince 19 F. Cas. 950 1837 0 Libel for assault and battery District Court, D. Maine
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Martin v. Harbin 19 N.C. 504 1837 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cole v. Terry 19 N.C. 252 1837 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Kemp's Heirs v. Kemp's Executors 11 La. 19 1837 0 Successions, donation, partnerships, debts, privileges, promissory notes, partition Louisiana
Hill v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 114 1837 0 "Municipal Corporations" United States
Newby v. Skinner 21 N.C. 488 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Draughon v. French's adm'or 4 Port. 352 1837 0 Bill in Equity Alabama
Mead v. Steger 5 Port. 498 1837 0 Assumpsit Alabama
State v. Jesse 19 N.C. 297 1837 0 Rape North Carolina