Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hudson v. Isbell 5 Stew. & P. 67 1833 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Bethea v. McColl 5 Ala. 308 1843 0 Action for Improper Conveyance of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Machen v. Machen 15 Ala. 373 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Smith v. Ruddle 15 Ala. 28 1848 0 Trover Alabama
Caldwell v. Wallace 4 Stew. & P. 282 1833 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Clement v. Cureton 36 Ala. 120 1860 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Conflciting Contracts to Borrow Enslaved Persons Alabama
Schwartz v. State 37 Ala. 460 1861 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Conveyance Alabama
Gunn v. Barrow 17 Ala. 743 1850 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Worthy v. Patterson 20 Ala. 172 1852 0 False Warranty of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hopper v. McWhorter 18 Ala. 229 1850 0 Trover Alabama
Lightfoot v. Strahan 7 Ala. 444 1845 0 Disputed Contract Alabama
Commons v. Walters 1 Port. 323 1835 0 Ability to Sell Enslaved Person Alabama
Davidson v. Shipman 6 Ala. 27 1844 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Huckabee v. Albritton 10 Ala. 657 1846 0 Warranty dispute Alabama
Millard's Adm'rs v. Hall 24 Ala. 209 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Brooks v. Pollard 36 Ala. 573 1860 0 Recovery for Purchase of an Enslaved Person without a License Alabama
Craig v. McGehee 16 Ala. 41 1849 0 Dispute over Wil Alabama
Newcombe v. Leavitt 22 Ala. 631 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama