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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Feagan v. Kendall 43 Ala. 628 1869 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Walker v. Walker 17 Ala. 396 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama
Pickering v. DeRochemont 45 N.H. 67 1863 0 Marriage property dispute New Hampshire
Ricks v. Hilliard 45 Miss. 359 1871 0 Recovery of enslaved woman distributed to an heir Mississippi
Wade v. Watt 41 Miss. 248 1866 0 Execution of levy Mississippi
Pamela Equities Corp. v. Camp 127 Misc. 2d 395 1985 0 Notice of amendment of sheriff's return New York
Copley v. Sanford 2 La. Ann. 335 1847 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, conflict of laws Louisiana
Denton v. Willcox 2 La. Ann. 60 1847 0 Mortgages, Partnerships, sales, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Beirne v. Mower 21 Miss. 427 1850 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
McLauren v. Graham 26 Miss. 400 1853 0 Attempt to enforce an illegal contract Mississippi
Wallace v. Seales 36 Miss. 53 1858 0 Responsibility of the hirer of a slave for sickness and death of a slave Mississippi
Turner's Admrs. v. Herron 34 Miss. 460 1857 0 Damages for fraudulent removal of slaves Mississippi
Stanton v. Green 34 Miss. 576 1857 0 Fraudulent conveyance of property including slaves Mississippi
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi
Pearson v. Moreland 15 Miss. 609 1846 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi
Mangum v. Finucane 38 Miss. 354 1860 0 Replevin to recover slaves Mississippi
Still v. Corp. of Woodville 38 Miss. 646 1860 0 Jurisdictional issues regarding domicile Mississippi
Snodgrass v. Andrews 30 Miss. 472 1855 0 Fraudulent sale of plantation and slaves Mississippi
John v. State 24 Miss. 569 1852 0 Proving ownership of deceased enslaved man in indictment of another enslaved man for his murder Mississippi