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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Validity of suit for promissory note given in consideration of slaves later emancipated Mississippi
Powell v. Brandon 24 Miss. 343 1852 0 Interest in enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Robson v. Harwell 6 Ga. 589 1849 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
McWillie v. Van Vacter 35 Miss. 428 1858 0 Jurisdiction issues Mississippi
Brown v. Goolsby 34 Miss. 437 1857 0 Recovery of slaves in equity Mississippi
Conner v. Hull 36 Miss. 424 1858 0 Issues arising from gift of an enslaved man Mississippi
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Vannerson v. Culbertson 18 Miss. 150 1848 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Mahorner v. Hooe 17 Miss. 247 1848 0 Empanicapation of slaves by will dispute Mississippi
Wade v. American Colonization Society 15 Miss. 663 1846 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Newell v. Cowan 30 Miss. 492 1855 0 Liability of master for torts of his slaves committed while following his orders Mississippi
Farmers' Bank v. Douglass 19 Miss. 469 1848 0 Mississippi
McIlvoy v. Alsop 45 Miss. 365 1871 0 Whether a note held by a Kentucky resident for land in Mississippi is collectible in Miss. Mississippi
Bowen v. Bonner 45 Miss. 10 1871 0 Right of action of executor for notes for the purchase of slaves Mississippi
Green v. Allen 44 N.C. 228 1853 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Pollen v. James 45 Miss. 129 1871 0 Promissory note given for "money loaned" for the purchase of enslaved woman Mississippi
Storm v. Smith 43 Miss. 497 1871 0 Sale of enslaved man owned by a minor by that minor's guardian Mississippi
Guion v. Doherty 43 Miss. 538 1871 0 Coverture Mississippi
Jagers v. Griffin 43 Miss. 134 1870 0 Contract recision Mississippi
Mayfield v. Barnard 43 Miss. 270 1870 0 Who bears the burden of the cost of an emancipated slave in a contract Mississippi