Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Legal title to slave Mississippi
Carew v. Love's Adm'r 30 Ala. 577 1857 0 Detinue for enslaved person Alabama
Durden v. McWilliams 31 Ala. 206 1857 0 Trial of right of property in enslaved person Alabama
Williams v. Scott 30 Ala. 241 1857 0 Trespass for wrongful taking of enslaved person Alabama
Shewalter v. Ford 34 Miss. 417 1857 0 Recovery of value of a slave after false warranty of soundness Mississippi
Lindsey v. Lindsey 34 Miss. 432 1857 0 Liability of vendor of enslaved man at auction for representation of bidders Mississippi
Smyth v. Oliver 31 Ala. 39 1857 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Jones v. Walkup 37 Tenn. 135 1857 0 Tennessee
Reed v. Scott 30 Ala. 640 1857 0 Promissory note dispute Alabama
Pickens v. Oliver 29 Ala. 528 1857 0 Action by husband and wife to recover enslaved persons Alabama
McReynolds v. Jones 30 Ala. 101 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Bailey v. Barnelly 23 Ga. 582 1857 0 Evidence received from slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Duckworth's Ex'rs v. Butler 31 Ala. 164 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Cowles v. Townsend 31 Ala. 133 1857 1 Alabama
Blevins v. Alexander 36 Tenn. 583 1857 0 Tennessee