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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ellis v. Murray 28 Miss. 129 1854 0 Writ of right to sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Croft v. White 36 Miss. 455 1858 0 Effect of alteration by stranger on private writings Mississippi
Dowd v. White 34 Miss. 510 1857 0 Rights of specific legatee of slaves Mississippi
L. M. Wiley & Co. v. Gray 36 Miss. 510 1858 0 Post nuptial settlement between husband and wife Mississippi
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave Mississippi
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Doty v. Mitchell 17 Miss. 435 1848 0 Contract of a married woman to hire slaves Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved man Mississippi
Jayne v. Dillon 28 Miss. 283 1854 0 Replevin Mississippi
Grant v. Lloyd 20 Miss. 191 1849 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Hill v. McLaurin 28 Miss. 288 1854 0 Whether contract for sale of enslaved persons and property was valid Mississippi
Lloyd v. Goodwin 20 Miss. 223 1849 0 Life estate in slave dispute Mississippi
Tillman v. Cowand 20 Miss. 262 1849 0 Execution of deed dispute Mississippi
Carter v. Carter 28 Miss. 326 1854 0 Bond on enslaved persons in estate (?) Mississippi
Bradley v. Byrd 20 Miss. 269 1849 0 Wrongful distribution of slaves Mississippi
Childress v. Ford 18 Miss. 25 1848 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Arnold v. Miller 26 Miss. 152 1853 0 Usurious contract Mississippi
Quine v. Quine 17 Miss. 155 1847 0 Estate dispute Mississippi