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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Battaile v. Fisher 36 Miss. 321 1858 0 Liability of receiver for hire of slaves assigned to him Mississippi
Young v. Courtney 13 La. Ann. 193 1858 0 Conveyance of land, inheritance, successions, partition Louisiana
Garner & Neville v. Lyles & Bracy 35 Miss. 176 1858 0 Fraudulent coveyance of slaves Mississippi
Cogan v. Frisby 36 Miss. 178 1858 0 Evidence regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Exum v. Brister 35 Miss. 391 1858 0 Liability of principal for trespass of agent and slaves Mississippi
Currie v. Murphy 35 Miss. 473 1858 0 Construction of clauses in will bequeathing slaves Mississippi
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Annulment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Jarman v. Humphrey 51 N.C. 28 1858 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Heffron v. State 8 Fla. 73 1858 0 Indictment for Selling Liquor to a Black Man Supreme Court of FL
Acker v. Bender 33 Ala. 230 1858 0 Owership Dispute over Mortgaging an Enslaved Person Alabama
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi
Price v. Sanchez 8 Fla. 136 1858 0 Property Rights in a Slave to a Married Women Supreme Court of FL
Lavigne v. Russ 36 Miss. 326 1858 0 Replevin of slaves distrained for rent Mississippi
McKay v. Friebele 8 Fla. 21 1858 0 Enforcement of an Instrument of Assignment Supreme Court of FL
Dunlap v. Petrie's Executors 35 Miss. 590 1858 0 Recission of a contract already argued in court Mississippi
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wyatt’s Adm’r v. Scott 33 Ala. 313 1858 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Abernathy v. Abernathy 8 Fla. 243 1858 0 Suit in Chancery by Wife Supreme Court of FL
Montgomery v. Chaney 13 La. Ann. 207 1858 0 Forced heirs, sales, simulated contract, undue influence Louisiana
Rambo v. Wyatt's Adm'r 32 Ala. 363 1858 0 Detinue Alabama