Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Elmore v. Mustin 28 Ala. 309 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Gaines v. Shelton 47 Ala. 413 1872 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Dent v. Chiles 5 Stew. & P. 383 1832 0 Trover Alabama
Borum v. Garland 9 Ala. 452 1846 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Murphy's adm'rs v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 5 Ala. 421 1843 0 Right of Property Alabama
Rives v. Wilborne 6 Ala. 45 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Turnipseed v. Cunningham 16 Ala. 501 1849 0 Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Mordecai v. Beal 8 Port. 529 1839 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Houston v. Crutchfield's Adm'r 22 Ala. 76 1853 0 Dispute over Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Arthur v. Gayle 38 Ala. 259 1862 0 Conversion and Illegal Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Jack v. Doran's Executors 37 Ala. 265 1861 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Abercrombie's Executor v. Abercrombie's Heirs 27 Ala. 489 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Bush & Co. v. Jackson 24 Ala. 273 1854 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Craddock v. Stewart's Adm'r 6 Ala. 77 1844 0 Trust & estate Alabama
Crimm's Adm'rs v. Crawford 29 Ala. 623 1857 0 Action by adminstrator for recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Dickson v. Bachelder 21 Ala. 699 1852 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Thomason v. Odum 23 Ala. 480 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Sledge’s Adm’rs v. Clopton 6 Ala. 589 1844 0 Use of Enslaved Persons as Collateral Alabama
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Detinue for Enslaved Persons Alabama