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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dargan v. Mayor of Mobile 31 Ala. 469 1858 0 Action to recover damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Cain v. Wright 50 N.C. 282 1858 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Henderson v. McVay 32 Ala. 471 1858 0 Property dispute Alabama
Marley v. Cummings 37 Tenn. 479 1858 0 Tennessee
High Shoals Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Grier 57 N.C. 132 1858 0 Mortgages & Deeds of Trust North Carolina
Rogers v. Boyd 33 Ala. 175 1858 0 Estate debt dispute Alabama
Dixon v. McCue 55 Va. 540 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Crowder v. Shackelford 35 Miss. 321 1858 0 Division of slaves as property Mississippi
Blackwell’s Adm’r v. Blackwell’s Distributees 33 Ala. 57 1858 0 Distribution of estate dispute Alabama
Kennedy v. Williamson 50 N.C. 284 1858 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Magee v. Keegan 35 Miss. 244 1858 0 Right to recovery of slaves from ward Mississippi
Wyatt’s Adm’r v. Scott 33 Ala. 313 1858 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Morris v. Lewis' Executor 33 Ala. 53 1858 0 Specific Performance of Contract Alabama
Beck v. Beck 36 Miss. 72 1858 0 Bill filed for effecting the division of slaves in a will Mississippi
Grist v. Forehand 36 Miss. 69 1858 0 Power of guardian over the property of his ward Mississippi
Block v. Cross 36 Miss. 549 1858 0 Jurisdiction of wife as to her separate estate Mississippi
Hamilton v. State 35 Miss. 214 1858 0 Trial for larceny of an enslaved man Mississippi
Lide v. Lide's Adm'r 32 Ala. 449 1858 0 Intestacy dispute Alabama
McWillie v. Van Vacter 35 Miss. 428 1858 0 Jurisdiction issues Mississippi
Lockhart v. Luker 36 Miss. 68 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave by defendant Mississippi