Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Short v. Abernathy 42 Tex. 94 1874 0 Texas
Dowell v. Russell 39 Tex. 400 1873 0 Texas
Honey v. Clark 37 Tex. 686 1873 0 Texas
Ellison v. Keese 25 Supp. Tex. 83 1860 0 Texas
Brewer v. West 2 Tex. 376 1847 0 Action for payment of slave Texas
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Resoration of slaves Texas
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Bequeathal of slave dispute Texas
State v. Schoolfield 29 Tex. 501 1861 0 Texas
Walton v. Compton & Strother 28 Tex. 569 1866 0 Texas
Elizabeth v. State 27 Tex. 329 1863 0 Texas
Montgomery v. Nash 23 Tex. 157 1859 0 Texas
Dial v. Dial 21 Tex. 529 1858 0 Texas
Little v. Birdwell 21 Tex. 597 1858 0 Texas
Bryan's Adm'rs v. Bridge 10 Tex. 149 1853 0 Levy on slaves Texas
Bingham v. Waterhouse 32 Tex. 468 1870 0 Texas
Edrington v. League 1 Tex. 64 1846 0 Action to redeem value of slave Texas
Tinnen v. Mebane 10 Tex. 246 1853 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Blakely's v. Duncan 4 Tex. 92 1849 0 Damages for wrongful detention of slave Texas