Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Dougherty v. Shown 48 Tenn. 302 1870 1 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Bell 37 Tenn. 531 1858 1 Tennessee
Wooldridge v. Page 68 Tenn. 325 1878 1 Tennessee
Woolridge v. Page 69 Tenn. 135 1878 1 Tennessee
Henry v. Mills 69 Tenn. 144 1878 1 Tennessee
Henderson v. Tipton 88 Tenn. 255 1889 1 Tennessee
Fitzsimmons v. Johnson 90 Tenn. 416 1891 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Goodlett 92 Tenn. 230 1893 1 Tennessee
Merriman v. Smith 599 S.W.2d 548 1979 1 Tennessee
Chatterton v. Young 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 768 1877 1 Tennessee
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Smithwick 112 Tenn. 463 1903 1 Tennessee
Sawtelle v. Astor 23 Tenn. App. 33 1938 1 Tennessee
Tilford v. Hayes 10 Tenn. 89 1822 1 Tennessee
Anderson v. Hunter 58 Tenn. 491 1872 1 Tennessee
Huffine v. Riadon 541 S.W.2d 414 1976 1 Tennessee
Galbraith v. Lunsford 87 Tenn. 89 1888 1 Tennessee
Miller v. Moore 22 Tenn. 189 1842 1 Tennessee
Harvey v. Adams 77 Tenn. 289 1882 1 Tennessee
Scates v. Canvas Decoy Co. 5 Tenn. App. 695 1927 1 Tennessee