Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Trover Alabama
Mason v. Pate’s Executor 34 Ala. 379 1859 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Sims v. Boynton 32 Ala. 353 1858 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Leinkauff & Strauss v. Munter 76 Ala. 194 1884 1 Alabama
Creswell's Executor v. Walker 37 Ala. 229 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Rivers v. Dubose 10 Ala. 475 1846 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Watts v. Gayle 20 Ala. 817 1852 0 Will & trust Alabama
Hobdy v. Manistee Mill Co. 156 Ala. 308 1908 1 Alabama
Flake v. Day & Co. 22 Ala. 132 1853 0 Note of sale dispute Alabama
Acker v. Bender 33 Ala. 230 1858 0 Owership Dispute over Mortgaging an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dudley v. Witter 51 Ala. 456 1874 0 Will & trust Alabama
Parsons v. Boyd 20 Ala. 112 1852 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Caraway v. Wallace 2 Ala. 542 1841 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Recovery for Assault and Battery on an Enslaved Person Alabama
Clement v. Cureton 36 Ala. 120 1860 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Cox v. Birmingham Dry Goods Co. 125 Ala. 320 1899 1 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Strahan 7 Ala. 444 1845 0 Disputed Contract Alabama
Walker v. Walker's Distributees 26 Ala. 262 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
T. & W. Brandon v. Planters & Merchants' Bank of Huntsville 1 Stew. 320 1828 0 Trover Alabama
Smith v. Sherman 174 Ala. 531 1911 1 Alabama