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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Barnes v. Holcomb 20 Miss. 306 1849 0 Absolute bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Lewis v. Starke 18 Miss. 120 1848 0 Deed of trust on slaves Mississippi
Barker v. Stacy 25 Miss. 471 1853 0 Proper notice of sale of property? Mississippi
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
Abram v. State 25 Miss. 589 1853 0 Swearing of grand jury **** Mississippi
Planters' Bank of Tennessee v. Conger 20 Miss. 527 1849 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Green v. Green 11 Miss. 256 1844 0 Estate property dispute Mississippi
Wharton v. Conger 17 Miss. 510 1848 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Boggan v. Walter 20 Miss. 666 1849 0 Administrator of estate dispute Mississippi
McCurdy v. Terry 33 Ga. 49 1861 0 Recovery for Covenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Maull v. Hays 12 Ala. 499 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama
Beall v. Ledlow 14 Ala. 523 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Hoy v. Taliaferro 16 Miss. 727 1847 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Action of trover Connecticut
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Whitworth v. Tilman 40 Miss. 76 1866 0 Recovery of fees in a case where there was an execution issued and levied on slaves Mississippi
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
Cline v. Latimore 60 N.C. 207 1864 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina