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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibbon v. Gibbon 40 Ga. 562 1869 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Belk 40 Ga. 656 1869 0 promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Shivers v. Goar 40 Ga. 676 1870 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Barbour v. Mitchell 40 Md. 151 1874 0 Maryland
Slaughter v. Garland 40 Miss. 172 1866 0 Renunciation of widow of estate including slaves Mississippi
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Donald v. McWhorter 40 Miss. 231 1866 0 Charge of an administrator with the hire of slaves not the property of the estate Mississippi
Collins v. Melton 40 Miss. 242 1866 0 Entitlement of a widow to receive estate Mississippi
Malone v. Mooring 40 Miss. 247 1866 0 Specific bequest of negroes in will, how impacted by abolition Mississippi
Barney v. Scherling 40 Miss. 320 1866 0 Attachments on conveyance of property Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 40 Miss. 352 1866 0 Action of detinue to recover slaves Mississippi
Weathersly v. Weathersly 40 Miss. 462 1866 0 Conditional sale of slaves Mississippi
Moseley v. Anderson 40 Miss. 49 1866 0 Replevin to recover enslaved woman Mississippi
Vasser v. Henderson 40 Miss. 519 1866 0 Creditor collection on debts owed for purchase of slaves Mississippi
Calhoun v. Burnett 40 Miss. 599 1866 0 Liability for improper disposition of slaves Mississippi
Evans v. Fisher 40 Miss. 643 1866 0 Payment of debts for slaves freed through emancipation Mississippi
Byrd v. Wells 40 Miss. 711 1866 0 Issues involving payment of debts of estate by executor/administrator Mississippi
Haughton v. Brandon 40 Miss. 729 1866 0 Construction of last will and testament Mississippi
Roach v. Jelks 40 Miss. 754 1866 0 Liability of guardian for interest on an estate consisting almost entirely of slaves Mississippi
Love v. Buchanan 40 Miss. 758 1866 0 Parol evidence and construction of heirs in last will and testament Mississippi