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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pea v. Waggoner 6 Tenn. 1 1818 1 Tennessee
Chew Executor of Wormeley v. Moffett 20 Va. 120 1818 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Wright v. Lowe's Executors 6 N.C. 354 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Helme v. Guy 6 N.C. 341 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hicks v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 691 1818 0 Successions, property, community property, intestacy Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, intervenor, evidence, seizure, property, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
Duncan v. Lyon 3 Johns. Ch. 351 1818 1 New York
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 Manumission United States
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Lucile v. Toustin 5 Mart. (o.s.) 611 1818 0 Adverse possession, evidence, sales, prescription, parol evidence, contracts, conflict of laws, best evidence rule Louisiana
Cobb v. Lanier 5 Tenn. 297 1818 1 Tennessee
Armstrong v. Simonton's adm'r 6 N.C. 351 1818 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Delacroix v. Orleans Navigation Co. 5 Mart. (o.s.) 507 1818 0 Contracts, wages, recission, obligations Louisiana
Den ex dem. Young v. Robinson 5 N.J.L. 689 1819 Will & trust New Jersey
Davis v. Brooks 7 N.C. 133 1819 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Gibbons v. Dunn 7 N.C. 548 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Peytavin v. Hopkins 6 Mart. (o.s.) 256 1819 0 Agency, partneships, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, evidence Louisiana
Hannie v. Browder 6 Mart. (o.s.) 14 1819 0 Community property, successions, sales, privileges, property, mortgages Louisiana
Gravier v. Livingston 6 Mart. (o.s.) 281 1819 0 Successions, property, partition, community property, adverse possession Louisiana