Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Shepherd v. Nabors 6 Ala. 631 1844 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
King v. Bucks 11 Ala. 217 1847 1 Alabama
Manly's Adm'r v. Turnipseed 37 Ala. 522 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Tarleton v. Gibson 2 Ala. 638 1841 0 Levy dispute Alabama
Tankersley v. Childers 23 Ala. 781 1853 1 Alabama
Lowery v. May 213 Ala. 66 1925 1 Alabama
Davis v. State 21 Ala. App. 474 1926 1 Alabama
Isom v. State 27 Ala. App. 488 1937 1 Alabama
Hainsworth v. State 136 Ala. 13 1902 1 Alabama
Webster v. State 207 Ala. 668 1922 1 Alabama
Scruggs & Lindsay v. Orme 46 Ala. 533 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Caylor v. State 353 So. 2d 8 1977 1 Alabama
Stein v. Robertson 30 Ala. 286 1857 1 Alabama
David v. Shepard 40 Ala. 587 1867 1 Alabama
Switzer v. Guardians of Holloway 2 Port. 88 1835 0 Action for recovery of a enslaved person Alabama
Bulger v. Holly 47 Ala. 453 1872 1 Alabama
Morrison Bros. & Co. v. Coleman 87 Ala. 655 1888 1 Alabama
Smith v. Whitfield 71 Ala. 106 1881 1 Alabama
Edwards v. Bibb 43 Ala. 666 1869 0 Testator dispute Alabama
Ex parte State ex rel. Tissier 214 Ala. 219 1925 1 Alabama