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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Savage v. Benham 11 Ala. 49 1847 0 Will & trust Alabama
Puryear v. Puryear 12 Ala. 13 1847 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Rumph v. Abercrombie 12 Ala. 64 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Leroy M. Wiley, Parish & Co. v. Smith 3 Ga. 551 1847 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Gayden v. Marshall 16 Miss. 489 1847 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
McMekin v. Bobo 12 Ala. 268 1847 0 Intestate/estate dispute Alabama
Fambro v. Gantt 12 Ala. 298 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
White v. Strother 11 Ala. 720 1847 0 Trover Alabama
Gilbert v. State 26 Tenn. 524 1847 0 Tennessee
Marshall v. Stephens 27 Tenn. 159 1847 0 Tennessee
Carey v. State 26 Tenn. 499 1847 0 Tennessee
Evans' v. Wells 26 Tenn. 559 1847 0 Tennessee
McReynolds v. Neal 27 Tenn. 12 1847 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Mitchell 27 Tenn. 359 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. Brown 27 Tenn. 89 1847 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Merrill 27 Tenn. 132 1847 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Watkins 27 Tenn. 331 1847 0 Tennessee
Terrell v. Green 11 Ala. 207 1847 0 Fradulent Sale Alabama
F. & C. Turnpike Co. v. Young 27 Tenn. 103 1847 0 Tennessee
Litton v. Baldwin 27 Tenn. 209 1847 0 Tennessee