Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Dearing v. Lightfoot 16 Ala. 28 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Guilford v. Hicks 36 Ala. 95 1860 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus for a Person held Enenslaved persond Alabama
Davis v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 87 Ala. 633 1888 1 Alabama
Hopkins v. Thompson 2 Port. 433 1835 0 Action of detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Goodgame v. Clifton 13 Ala. 583 1848 0 Action regarding purchase of enslaved persons Alabama
Gamble v. Gamble's Adm'r. 11 Ala. 966 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Moore v. Heineke 119 Ala. 627 1898 1 Alabama
Murphy's adm'rs v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 5 Ala. 421 1843 0 Right of Property Alabama
Smith v. Hooks 19 Ala. 101 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Ward v. State 37 Ala. 158 1861 0 Indictment for Gaming with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Blount v. State 49 Ala. 381 1873 0 Indictment for assault Alabama
Chardavoyne v. Galbraith & Co. 81 Ala. 521 1886 1 Alabama
Gaines v. Shelton 47 Ala. 413 1872 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Braley v. Clark 22 Ala. 361 1853 0 Levy on Enslaved Person Alabama
Washington v. State 81 Ala. 35 1886 1 Alabama
Dickey v. Vann 81 Ala. 425 1886 1 Alabama
Pearce v. Pearce 199 Ala. 491 1917 1 Alabama
Case v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 538 1857 0 Proceeding for violation of municipal ordinance Alabama
Moore v. Lesueur 33 Ala. 237 1858 0 Settlement of Estate Alabama
Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Cannon 204 Ala. 336 1920 1 Alabama