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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Doty v. Mitchell 17 Miss. 435 1848 0 Contract of a married woman to hire slaves Mississippi
Tooley v. Gridley 11 Miss. 493 1844 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Hinds v. Brazealle 3 Miss. 837 1838 0 Deed of empanicpation dispute Mississippi
Henderson v. Downing 24 Miss. 106 1852 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Sims v. Conger 39 Miss. 231 1860 0 Construction of contingency in will Mississippi
Vertner v. Humphreys 22 Miss. 130 1850 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws Mississippi
Wilson v. Ivy 32 Miss. 233 1856 0 Right of action against 3rd person in case of fraud Mississippi
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Trespass to recover value of slave Mississippi
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Bank of the United States v. Patton 6 Miss. 200 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Garland v. Rowan 10 Miss. 617 1844 0 Estate distrubtion dispute Mississippi
Arnold v. Miller 26 Miss. 152 1853 0 Usurious contract Mississippi
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi