Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dean v. Nunnally 36 Miss. 358 1858 0 Construction of will bequeathing slaves to widow Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
O'Brien v. Hilburn 22 Tex. 616 1858 1 Texas
Callihan v. Johnson 22 Tex. 596 1858 1 Texas
Rives v. Weaver 36 Miss. 374 1858 0 Charge of champerty in regards to maintenance of estate Mississippi
Trammell v. Shropshire 22 Tex. 327 1858 0 Texas
Ponton v. Wilmington & Weldon R. Road 51 N.C. 245 1858 0 Property interests North Carolina
Sorsby v. Vance 36 Miss. 564 1858 0 Construction of will Mississippi
Butler v. Smith 35 Miss. 457 1858 1 Mississippi
Conner v. Hull 36 Miss. 424 1858 0 Issues arising from gift of an enslaved man Mississippi
Ward v. Riddick 57 N.C. 22 1858 0 Gifts North Carolina
Hunt v. Butterworth 21 Tex. 133 1858 0 Texas
Drinkard v. Ingram 21 Tex. 650 1858 0 Texas
McRary v. Fries 57 N.C. 233 1858 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Validity of bequest of slaves to American Colonization Society for emancipation Mississippi
Guffey v. Moseley 21 Tex. 408 1858 0 Texas
Shewalter v. Brown 35 Miss. 423 1858 0 Sale of slaves subject to local levies Mississippi
Meek v. Perry 36 Miss. 190 1858 0 Will leaving slaves to a ward Mississippi
Lavigne v. Russ 36 Miss. 326 1858 0 Replevin of slaves distrained for rent Mississippi
Ferris v. Coover 10 Cal. 589 1858 1 California