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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McLeod v. Tutt 2 Miss. 288 1836 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 247 1835 0 Indictment against slave Mississippi
Penrice v. Cocks 2 Miss. 227 1835 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Gildart's Administrator v. Howell 2 Miss. 198 1835 1 Mississippi
Davis v. Minor 2 Miss. 183 1835 0 Debt dispute Mississippi
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 163 1834 0 Question of jurisdiction Mississippi
Welch v. Jamison 2 Miss. 160 1834 0 Recovery for alleged wrongful conversion of a slave Mississippi
Cason v. Robson 29 Miss. 97 1855 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Noel v. Harvey 29 Miss. 72 1855 0 Purchase of slaves after probate Mississippi
Patterson v. Edwards 29 Miss. 67 1855 1 Mississippi
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Suit for recovery of slaves Mississippi
Walton v. Olive 29 Miss. 270 1855 0 Distribution of slaves Mississippi
Reynolds v. Walker 29 Miss. 250 1855 0 Failure to hire out slaves as provided by estate Mississippi
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Enjoinment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Newman v. Williams 29 Miss. 212 1855 0 Debt resulting from the sale of slaves Mississippi
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
James v. Kirk 29 Miss. 206 1855 0 Evidence in faulty sale of enslaved boy Mississippi
McComb v. Gilkey 29 Miss. 146 1855 0 Execution of deed Mississippi
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Whether a husband is entitled to slaves of his wife after her death Mississippi