Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McDougal v. Armstrong 25 Tenn. 428 1846 0 Tennessee
Hester v. Wilkinson 25 Tenn. 215 1845 0 Tennessee
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Ford v. Ford 26 Tenn. 92 1846 0 Tennessee
McKissick v. McKissick 25 Tenn. 75 1845 0 Tennessee
Norment's adm'r v. Wilson 24 Tenn. 310 1844 0 Tennessee
Hamblet v. Herndon 22 Tenn. 34 1842 0 Tennessee
Haywood's Heirs v. Moore 21 Tenn. 584 1841 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Thompson 12 Va. 100 1808 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Byrd v. Clendenin 11 Ark. 572 1851 0 Bill to enforce property ownership Arkansas
James v. State 28 Tenn. 308 1848 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Bowers 44 Tenn. 311 1867 0 Tennessee
Pate v. Pierce 44 Tenn. 104 1867 0 Tennessee
Townsend v. Townsend 44 Tenn. 70 1867 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Richardson v. State 43 Tenn. 122 1866 0 Tennessee
Sandford v. Weeden 49 Tenn. 71 1870 0 Tennessee
Young v. Thompson 42 Tenn. 596 1865 0 Tennessee
Irwin v. Chrisman 42 Tenn. 501 1865 0 Tennessee
Waddy's Ex'ors v. Hawkins's Adm'r 31 Va. 458 1833 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA