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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Magruder v. Stewart's Administrators 5 Miss. 204 1839 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Brock v. Luckett's Executors 5 Miss. 459 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Prosser v. Leatherman ex rel. Hutchins 5 Miss. 237 1839 0 Trade of property dispute Mississippi
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Phillips v. Lane 5 Miss. 122 1839 0 Conversion of property dispute Mississippi
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Property restoration Mississippi
McMurran v. Soria 5 Miss. 154 1839 0 Note of sale dispute Mississippi
Foster v. Alston 7 Miss. 406 1842 0 Conversion of slave 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
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Levy on slave dispute 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
Anderson v. Patrick 8 Miss. 347 1843 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Planters' Bank v. Neely 8 Miss. 80 1843 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
Bankston v. Bankston 27 Miss. 692 1854 0 Increase in alimony based on the purchase of enslaved persons Mississippi