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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hoover v. Pierce 26 Miss. 627 1854 0 Issues with consideration for promissory note for sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Battaile v. Fisher 36 Miss. 321 1858 0 Liability of receiver for hire of slaves assigned to him Mississippi
Lavigne v. Russ 36 Miss. 326 1858 0 Replevin of slaves distrained for rent Mississippi
Shewalter v. Brown 35 Miss. 423 1858 0 Sale of slaves subject to local levies Mississippi
Davidson v. Shipman 6 Ala. 27 1844 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Shewalter v. Ford 34 Miss. 417 1857 0 Recovery of value of a slave after false warranty of soundness Mississippi
Loury v. Herbert 25 Miss. 101 1852 0 Exemption of property from sale under execution Mississippi
Crump v. Mitchell 34 Miss. 449 1857 0 Statute of limitations issue Mississippi
Beck v. Rainey 28 Miss. 111 1854 0 Fraudulent disposal of property in estate Mississippi
Ellis v. Murray 28 Miss. 129 1854 0 Writ of right to sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Stone v. Buckner 20 Miss. 73 1849 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Young v. White 25 Miss. 146 1852 0 Fraudulent conveyance of enslaved person Mississippi
Dowd v. White 34 Miss. 510 1857 0 Rights of specific legatee of slaves Mississippi
L. M. Wiley & Co. v. Gray 36 Miss. 510 1858 0 Post nuptial settlement between husband and wife 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
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved man Mississippi
Exum v. Canty 34 Miss. 533 1857 0 Disposition of property in will Mississippi
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
Taylor v. American Bible Society 42 N.C. 201 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina