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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Petition to contest a will, including division of slaves Mississippi
Lipscomb v. Postell ex rel. Van Vacter 38 Miss. 476 1860 0 Construing security of contract Mississippi
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi
Moss v. Davidson 9 Miss. 112 1843 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Weathersly v. Weathersly 40 Miss. 462 1866 0 Conditional sale of slaves Mississippi
McCoy v. McKowen 26 Miss. 487 1853 0 Trespass for the beating of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Armstrong v. Stovall 26 Miss. 275 1853 0 Fraudulent estate? Mississippi
Merrill v. Moore's Heirs 8 Miss. 271 1843 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Cain v. Bunkley 35 Miss. 119 1858 0 Power of a wife to make a will Mississippi
Keithler v. State 18 Miss. 192 1848 0 Mississippi
Carter v. Graves 7 Miss. 9 1841 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Woods v. Ridley 27 Miss. 119 1854 0 Right of administrator to hire enslaved persons and rent land Mississippi
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
Cicely v. State 21 Miss. 202 1849 0 Mississippi
Nations v. Alvis ex rel. Alvis 13 Miss. 338 1845 0 Recovery for posession of slave Mississippi
Nevitt v. Bacon 32 Miss. 212 1856 0 Statute of limitations for forclosure of a mortgage Mississippi
Wailes v. Cooper 24 Miss. 208 1852 0 Defect in title Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi