Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
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
Erck v. Erck 107 Tenn. 77 1901 1 Tennessee
Creekmore v. Woodard 192 Tenn. 280 1951 1 Tennessee
Gernt v. Floyd 131 Tenn. 119 1914 1 Tennessee
Bank v. Hill, Fontaine & Co. 99 Tenn. 42 1897 1 Tennessee
Dye v. Cooke & Co. 88 Tenn. 275 1889 1 Tennessee
Miller v. Moore 22 Tenn. 189 1842 1 Tennessee
Galbraith v. Lunsford 87 Tenn. 89 1888 1 Tennessee
Harris v. State 71 Tenn. 324 1879 1 Tennessee
Railroad v. Bentz 108 Tenn. 670 1902 1 Tennessee
Hardy v. Carter 27 Tenn. 153 1847 1 Tennessee
Beadles v. Alexander 68 Tenn. 604 1877 1 Tennessee
Magevney v. Karsch 167 Tenn. 32 1933 1 Tennessee
Ruggles v. Williams 38 Tenn. 141 1858 1 Tennessee
Hope v. Wilkinson 82 Tenn. 21 1884 1 Tennessee
White v. Edgman 1 Tenn. 19 1804 1 Tennessee