Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
McElvain v. Mudd 44 Ala. 48 1870 0 Action on Promissory Note for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Elliott v. Mayfield 4 Ala. 417 1842 1 Alabama
Oden v. Vaughn 204 Ala. 445 1920 1 Alabama
Adams v. Adams 39 Ala. 274 1864 0 Will & trust Alabama
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Hughes v. Mitchell 19 Ala. 268 1851 0 Final Settlement of Guardianship Alabama
Harris v. Martin 9 Ala. 895 1846 1 Alabama
Fountain v. Jackson 445 So. 2d 900 1984 1 Alabama
Noles v. State 26 Ala. 31 1855 1 Alabama
Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Bailey 112 Ala. 167 1895 1 Alabama
Buckalew v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad 112 Ala. 146 1895 1 Alabama
Garrett v. Garrett 69 Ala. 429 1881 1 Alabama
Wiley v. Parmer 14 Ala. 627 1848 0 Action under statute taxing enslaved persons Alabama
Carrington & Co. v. Manning's Heirs 13 Ala. 611 1848 0 Specific bequests from estate dispute Alabama
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Magee v. Toland 8 Port. 36 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Nelson v. Johnson 264 Ala. 422 1956 1 Alabama
Cornelius v. Miller 836 So. 2d 883 2002 1 Alabama
Martin v. Branch Bank at Decatur 31 Ala. 115 1857 1 Alabama
Hawkins v. LaSalle Bank, National Ass'n 24 So. 3d 1143 2009 1 Alabama