Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Meador v. Sorsby 2 Ala. 712 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Brown v. Brown 13 Ala. 208 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Sidney v. White 12 Ala. 728 1848 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Pinkston v. Greene 9 Ala. 19 1846 0 Trespass Alabama
Crabb's Administrator v. Thomas 25 Ala. 212 1854 0 Suit over Estate Alabama
Craig v. McGehee 16 Ala. 41 1849 0 Dispute over Wil Alabama
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Thomas v. Henderson 27 Ala. 523 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Mason v. Pate’s Executor 34 Ala. 379 1859 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Newton v. Jackson 23 Ala. 335 1853 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Jones v. Trawick’s Adm’r 31 Ala. 253 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Hudson v. State 34 Ala. 253 1859 0 Indictment for Homicide of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hill v. Barge 12 Ala. 687 1848 0 Will & trust Alabama
Sankey's Ex'rs v. Elsberry 10 Ala. 455 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Hall v. Chapman’s Adm’rs 35 Ala. 553 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Williams v. McConico 36 Ala. 22 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Creswell's Executor v. Walker 37 Ala. 229 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Drake v. Glover 30 Ala. 382 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Stover v. Herrington 7 Ala. 142 1844 0 Dispute over Conveynace of Enslaved Persons Alabama