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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Huff v. Cox 2 Ala. 310 1841 0 Execution of deed Alabama
Tillman v. Cowand 20 Miss. 262 1849 0 Execution of deed dispute Mississippi
Richardson v. Miller 48 Miss. 311 1873 0 Execution of deed in trust Mississippi
Berry v. Bacon 28 Miss. 318 1854 0 Execution of deed of trust Mississippi
Shirley v. Fearne 33 Miss. 653 1857 0 Execution of deed when multiple parties have interest Mississippi
Wade v. Watt 41 Miss. 248 1866 0 Execution of levy Mississippi
Gates v. Flint 39 Miss. 365 1860 0 Execution of levy on a chattel Mississippi
Field v. Weir 28 Miss. 56 1854 0 Execution of levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Maury v. Coleman 24 Ala. 381 1854 0 Execution of Promissory Note Alabama
Commonwealth v. Brown 9 Va. 569 1805 0 Execution of property SC of Appeals VA
Colbert v. Daniel 32 Ala. 314 1858 0 Execution of Will, Allotment of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Woodward v. Roane 23 Ark. 523 1861 0 Execution on enslaved persons Arkansas
Clayton v. State 24 Ark. 16 1862 0 Execution on enslaved persons Arkansas
Thornton v. Burch 20 Ga. 791 1856 0 Executor for life Supreme Court of Georgia
Ivey v. Coleman 42 Ala. 409 1868 0 Executor for special services Alabama
Moody v. Moody 29 Ga. 519 1859 0 Executor of estate execution Supreme Court of Georgia
Dumas v. Neal 51 Ga. 563 1874 0 Executor of trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Leaptrot v. Robertson 44 Ga. 46 1871 0 executor of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Sawyer v. Flemister 29 Ga. 347 1859 0 Executor of will Supreme Court of Georgia
State ex rel. Ramsay v. Hanner 64 N.C. 668 1870 0 Executors & Administrators North Carolina