Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Henderson v. Tipton 88 Tenn. 255 1889 1 Tennessee
Fitzsimmons v. Johnson 90 Tenn. 416 1891 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Goodlett 92 Tenn. 230 1893 1 Tennessee
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
Phelps v. Murray 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 746 1877 1 Tennessee
French v. A. H. Rainey & Co. 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 640 1876 1 Tennessee
Wallace v. County Court of Tipton County 3 Shan. Cas. 542 1875 1 Tennessee
May v. Wright's Administrators 1 Tenn. 385 1809 1 Tennessee
Matilda v. Crenshaw 12 Tenn. 299 1833 1 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 167 Tenn. 26 1933 1 Tennessee
Curtis v. Brannon 98 Tenn. 153 1897 1 Tennessee
M'Crea v. Galey 1 Tenn. 251 1807 1 Tennessee
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
Boyd v. Robinson 93 Tenn. 1 1893 1 Tennessee
Nott v. Fitzgibbon 107 Tenn. 54 1901 1 Tennessee
Stooksbury v. State 197 Tenn. 485 1954 1 Tennessee