Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Roysdon v. Choate 15 Tenn. App. 295 1932 1 Tennessee
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
State v. Donaldson 50 Tenn. 48 1870 1 Tennessee
Sommerville v. Horton 12 Tenn. 541 1833 1 Tennessee
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Cheatham v. Hess 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 763 1877 1 Tennessee
Green v. State 97 Tenn. 50 1896 1 Tennessee
Lewis v. Gibson 1 Shan. Cas. 163 1860 1 Tennessee
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Coleman v. State 2 Shan. Cas. 117 1876 1 Tennessee
Douglas v. Neil 54 Tenn. 437 1872 1 Tennessee
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Foster 78 Tenn. 351 1882 1 Tennessee
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Kay v. Connor 27 Tenn. 624 1848 0 Tennessee
Perdue v. Estate of Jackson No. W2012-02710-COA-R3CV, 2013 WL 2644670, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 12, 2013) 2013 1 will contest Tennessee
Helm v. Hayes No. 03A01-9710-PB-00497, 1998 WL 251766, at *1 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 19, 1998) 1998 1 inheritance, competency Tennessee
In Matter of Estate of Iverlett No. 01-A-01-9505-PB00201, 1995 WL 571852, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 29, 1995) 1995 1 inheritance, intent Tennessee
In re McIntire No. 04-15864, 2008 WL 1771861, at *17 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. Apr. 14, 2008) 2008 1 negligence, indemnification provision Tennessee
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. State 55 Tenn. 663 1875 1 Tennessee