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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Grisham v. Grisham 16 Tenn. 393 1835 0 Tennessee
Huggins & Ransom v. Moore 40 Tenn. 426 1859 0 Tennessee
Hays v. Collier 2 Sneed 585 1855 0 Tennessee
Cathey v. Cathey 28 Tenn. 470 1848 0 Tennessee
Knight v. Jordan 25 Tenn. 101 1845 0 Tennessee
Ferrel v. Finch 16 Tenn. 432 1835 0 Tennessee
Fall v. Roper 40 Tenn. 485 1859 0 Tennessee
Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad 53 Tenn. 421 1871 0 Tennessee
Stevenson v. McLean 24 Tenn. 332 1844 0 Tennessee
Parham v. Riley 44 Tenn. 5 1867 0 Tennessee
Scruggs v. Davis 37 Tenn. 261 1857 0 Tennessee
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 675 1841 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Kroesen v. Seevers 32 Va. 434 1834 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Faulkner v. Faulkner's Ex'ors 30 Va. 255 1831 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Spotts v. Gillaspie 27 Va. 566 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Saundars v. Pate 25 Va. 9 1826 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Blanton v. Taylor 21 Va. 209 1820 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Fowler v. Lee 18 Va. 373 1815 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Richardson's Executor v. Hunt 16 Va. 149 1811 0 Suit for division of a residuum SC of Appeals VA