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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dunlap v. Petrie's Executors 35 Miss. 590 1858 0 Recission of a contract already argued in court Mississippi
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 401 1858 1 Mississippi
Grist v. Forehand 36 Miss. 69 1858 0 Power of guardian over the property of his ward Mississippi
Shelby v. Alcorn 36 Miss. 273 1858 1 Mississippi
Beck v. Beck 36 Miss. 72 1858 0 Bill filed for effecting the division of slaves in a will Mississippi
Currie v. Murphy 35 Miss. 473 1858 0 Construction of clauses in will bequeathing slaves Mississippi
McWillie v. Van Vacter 35 Miss. 428 1858 0 Jurisdiction issues Mississippi
Cooper v. Newell 36 Miss. 316 1858 0 Replevin to recover slaves Mississippi
L. Mayer & Co. v. McLure 36 Miss. 389 1858 1 Mississippi
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 36 Miss. 545 1858 0 Power of husband over wife's slaves Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
Wildy v. Bonney's Lessee 35 Miss. 77 1858 1 Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Annulment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Stone v. Montgomery 35 Miss. 83 1858 0 Enjoinment of property Mississippi
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Validity of bequest of slaves to American Colonization Society for emancipation Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 35 Miss. 246 1858 1 Mississippi
Read v. Brown 36 Miss. 329 1858 1 Mississippi
Prewett v. Land 36 Miss. 495 1858 0 Power of wife to charge trust estate Mississippi