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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lester v. Cummings 27 Tenn. 385 1847 0 Tennessee
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Hall v. McLain 11 Hum. 425 1850 0 Tennessee
Price v. Allen 9 Hum. 703 1849 0 Tennessee
Cocke v. Trotter 18 Tenn. 213 1836 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Cooper 42 Tenn. 497 1865 0 Tennessee
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 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
Mallet v. Smith 27 S.C. Eq. 12 1853 0 South Carolina
Lewis v. Daniel 29 Tenn. 305 1849 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Connell v. Vaughn 40 Ga. 154 1869 0 Relief agency Supreme Court of Georgia
Catterlin v. Hardy 10 Ala. 511 1846 0 Action to remove enslaved persons Alabama
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Caperton v. Huddleston 26 Tenn. 452 1846 0 Tennessee
Miller v. Albritton 43 Ga. 273 1871 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
McLain v. Ferrell 1 Swan 48 1851 0 Tennessee