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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Revocation of will by deed, when contract between husband and wife Mississippi
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave Mississippi
Harper v. Hill 35 Miss. 63 1858 0 Sale of slaves under a levy Mississippi
Abby v. Billups 35 Miss. 618 1858 1 Mississippi
Powell v. Burrus 35 Miss. 605 1858 1 Mississippi
Dunlap v. Petrie's Executors 35 Miss. 590 1858 0 Recission of a contract already argued in court Mississippi
Ratliffe v. Collins 35 Miss. 581 1858 0 Wife's liability for husband's debts Mississippi
Currie v. Murphy 35 Miss. 473 1858 0 Construction of clauses in will bequeathing slaves Mississippi
Butler v. Smith 35 Miss. 457 1858 1 Mississippi
McWillie v. Van Vacter 35 Miss. 428 1858 0 Jurisdiction issues Mississippi
Shewalter v. Brown 35 Miss. 423 1858 0 Sale of slaves subject to local levies Mississippi
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 401 1858 1 Mississippi
Exum v. Brister 35 Miss. 391 1858 0 Liability of principal for trespass of agent and slaves Mississippi
Smith v. Henry 35 Miss. 369 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Crowder v. Shackelford 35 Miss. 321 1858 0 Division of slaves as property Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 35 Miss. 246 1858 1 Mississippi
Magee v. Keegan 35 Miss. 244 1858 0 Right to recovery of slaves from ward Mississippi
Elder v. Hilzheim 35 Miss. 231 1858 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. State 35 Miss. 214 1858 0 Trial for larceny of an enslaved man Mississippi