Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Townsend v. Cowles 31 Ala. 428 1858 1 Alabama
Heath v. State 36 Ala. 273 1860 0 Indictment for Resisting Process Alabama
Cambell v. Anderson 107 Ala. 656 1894 1 Alabama
Montgomery Gas-Light Co. v. Montgomery & Eufaula Railway Co. 86 Ala. 372 1888 1 Alabama
Brewton v. Watson 67 Ala. 121 1880 1 Alabama
Union Indemnity Co. v. Webster 218 Ala. 468 1928 1 Alabama
Penney v. Warren 217 Ala. 120 1927 1 Alabama
Tannis v. Doe ex dem. St. Cyre 21 Ala. 449 1852 0 Recovery of Land held by a Free Black Person Alabama
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 39 1827 0 Action for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Smith v. Garrett 31 Ala. 492 1858 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Rose v. Pearson 41 Ala. 687 1868 0 Recovery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Pitts v. Curtis 4 Ala. 350 1842 0 Ownership Dispute Based on Gift Alabama
Rumph v. Abercrombie 12 Ala. 64 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Malinda v. Gardner 24 Ala. 719 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Byrd v. McDaniel 33 Ala. 18 1858 0 Redemption of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Montgomery v. Givhan 24 Ala. 568 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Carter's Heirs v. Carter's Adm'rs 39 Ala. 579 1865 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Roberts v. Weatherford 10 Ala. 72 1846 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Sprague v. Tyson 44 Ala. 338 1870 1 Alabama
Tutwiler v. Atkins 106 Ala. 194 1894 1 Alabama