Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Caldwell v. Wallace 5 Stew. & P. 312 1834 0 Trespass Alabama
Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. v. Seaborn 168 Ala. 658 1910 1 Alabama
Lockhart v. Cameron 29 Ala. 355 1856 0 Reformation of a Deed of Gifts of Enslaved Persons 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
Elmore v. Mustin 28 Ala. 309 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Gaines v. Shelton 47 Ala. 413 1872 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Farley v. Gilmer 12 Ala. 141 1847 0 Dispute over Estate Alabama
Cole v. Varner 31 Ala. 244 1857 0 Recovery of Enslaved Person Alabama
Randle v. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. 169 Ala. 314 1910 1 Alabama
Sugg v. Burgess 2 Stew. 509 1830 0 Levy on execution of a negro Alabama
Wells v. Bransford 28 Ala. 200 1856 0 Application of Probate of Will for Married Person Alabama
Childress v. M'Cullough 5 Port. 54 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Jones v. State 19 Ala. App. 600 1924 1 Alabama
McCartney v. Calhoun 17 Ala. 301 1850 0 Dispute over Estate Alabama
Burgess v. Sugg 2 Stew. & P. 341 1832 0 Action of bond Alabama
Shearer v. Loftin 26 Ala. 703 1855 0 Will & trust Alabama
Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Prince 212 Ala. 499 1925 1 Alabama
Clarke v. Gary 11 Ala. 98 1847 0 Insufficienty levy action Alabama
McVay's Adm'r v. Ijams 27 Ala. 238 1855 0 Deed dispute Alabama