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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Evans v. Higdon 60 Tenn. 245 1872 0 Tennessee
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Hoyle v. Smith 38 Tenn. 90 1858 0 Tennessee
Ocoee Bank v. Nelson 41 Tenn. 186 1860 0 Tennessee
Kirby v. Miller 44 Tenn. 3 1867 0 Tennessee
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
Young v. Young 47 Tenn. 461 1870 0 Tennessee
Burgner v. Burgner 58 Tenn. 729 1872 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Woodfolk 61 Tenn. 25 1872 0 Tennessee
Starkey v. Hammer 60 Tenn. 438 1872 0 Tennessee
Petty v. State 65 Tenn. 610 1872 0 Tennessee
W. B. Chaffin & Bro. v. Stuart 60 Tenn. 296 1872 0 Tennessee
Maloney v. Stephens 58 Tenn. 738 1872 0 Tennessee
Mountcastle v. Mills 58 Tenn. 267 1872 0 Tennessee
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee
Waterbury v. Netherland 53 Tenn. 512 1871 0 Tennessee
Ballentine v. Spear 61 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Hamlet 2 Sneed 256 1854 0 Tennessee
Galloway v. Myers 54 Tenn. 709 1872 0 Tennessee
Hardin v. Williams 52 Tenn. 385 1871 0 Tennessee