Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Mitchell v. Gates 23 Ala. 438 1853 0 Purchase contract dispute Alabama
Gould v. Womack 2 Ala. 83 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Gray v. Crocheron 8 Port. 191 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Camp v. Coleman 36 Ala. 163 1860 0 Trover for conversion Alabama
Creagh v. Savage 14 Ala. 454 1848 0 Levy upon enslaved persons Alabama
Powell v. Governor 13 Ala. 516 1848 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Lodano v. State 25 Ala. 64 1854 0 Recovery for freedom Alabama
Hudson v. Helmes' Executors 23 Ala. 585 1853 0 Settlement of Guardinaship Alabama
Jones v. Covey 26 Ala. 464 1855 0 Suit for freedom Alabama
Snodgrass v. Cabiness 15 Ala. 160 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Weems v. Bryan 21 Ala. 302 1852 0 Property dispute Alabama
Patton v. Hamner 33 Ala. 307 1858 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Chapman v. Hughes 14 Ala. 218 1848 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Reese v. Harris 27 Ala. 301 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Cooper v. Peck 22 Ala. 406 1853 0 Levy on a enslaved person Alabama
Bridges & Co. v. Phillips 25 Ala. 136 1854 0 Dispute over Gift of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Harrison v. Mock 10 Ala. 185 1846 0 Dispute over Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
King v. Hill 20 Ala. 133 1852 0 Levy on Certain Enslved Persons Alabama
Gayle v. Singleton 1 Stew. 566 1828 0 Repayment of Debt Alabama
Friend v. Oliver 27 Ala. 532 1855 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama