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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Langford v. Fly 26 Tenn. 585 1847 0 Tennessee
John v. Tate 7 Hum. 388 1846 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185 1847 0 Tennessee
Hall v. Tompkins 9 Hum. 592 1848 0 Tennessee
Patton v. Overton 8 Hum. 192 1847 0 Tennessee
Hackney v. Hackney 27 Tenn. 452 1847 0 Tennessee
Eaton v. Breathett 27 Tenn. 534 1847 0 Tennessee
Lassiter v. Cole 27 Tenn. 621 1848 0 Tennessee
Henning v. Vanhook 27 Tenn. 678 1848 0 Tennessee
Neal v. Robinson 8 Hum. 435 1847 0 Tennessee
Armstrong adm'r v. Park's devisees 28 Tenn. 195 1848 0 Tennessee
Cathey v. Cathey 28 Tenn. 470 1848 0 Tennessee
Young v. Jones 28 Tenn. 551 1848 0 Tennessee
Gray v. Hays 26 Tenn. 588 1847 0 Tennessee
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Lemons 11 Hum. 140 1850 0 Tennessee
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 1851 0 Tennessee
Gant v. Gant 10 Hum. 464 1850 0 Tennessee
Union Bank v. Barnes 10 Hum. 244 1849 0 Tennessee