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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ford v. Ford 42 Tenn. 74 1865 0 Tennessee
Wall v. Allen 63 Tenn. 210 1874 0 Tennessee
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Jim v. State 24 Tenn. 145 1844 0 Tennessee
DeBerry v. Hurt 66 Tenn. 390 1874 0 Tennessee
Bill v. State 24 Tenn. 155 1844 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Cooper v. State 67 Tenn. 324 1874 0 Tennessee
Henry v. State 11 Hum. 224 1850 0 Tennessee
Sims v. Conger 39 Miss. 231 1860 0 Construction of contingency in will Mississippi
Mason v. Jones 67 Va. 271 1875 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Etheridge v. Edwards 31 Tenn. 426 1852 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 29 Tenn. 518 1850 0 Tennessee
Isaac v. State 39 Tenn. 458 1859 0 Tennessee
Connell v. Vaughn 40 Ga. 154 1869 0 Relief agency Supreme Court of Georgia
Sellars v. Fite 62 Tenn. 131 1873 0 Tennessee
McHaney v. McNeilly 57 Tenn. 535 1873 0 Tennessee
Hyden v. Hyden 65 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Miller v. Albritton 43 Ga. 273 1871 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Parham v. Riley 44 Tenn. 5 1867 0 Tennessee