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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Shivers v. Goar 40 Ga. 676 1870 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Mobley v. Mobley 9 Ga. 247 1851 0 fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Baldwin v. Baldwin 21 Tenn. 473 1841 0 Tennessee
Cockrill's Adm'r v. Hobson 16 Ala. 391 1849 0 Contract and Will Dispute Alabama
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Thornton v. Towns 34 Ga. 125 1865 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Elmes v. Sutherland 7 Ala. 262 1845 0 Will & trust Alabama
Hanson v. Brawner 2 Md. 90 1852 0 Maryland
Satterfield v. Mayes 30 Tenn. 58 1850 0 Tennessee
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Johnson 53 Tenn. 240 1871 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Cooper 49 Tenn. 93 1870 0 Tennessee
McLean v. Houston 49 Tenn. 37 1870 0 Tennessee