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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Walker v. Walker 17 Ala. 396 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama
Bates v. Murphy 2 Stew. & P. 165 1832 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
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
Houston v. Royston 9 Miss. 238 1843 0 Action to secure payment for slave Mississippi
Work v. Glaskins 33 Miss. 539 1857 0 Right of wife to enforce promissory note due to her for sale of slaves Mississippi
Denton v. Willcox 2 La. Ann. 60 1847 0 Mortgages, Partnerships, sales, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Grayson v. Wilson 27 Miss. 553 1854 0 Administration of estate Mississippi
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
Talbott v. Norager 23 Miss. 572 1852 0 Evidence regarding whether the plaintiff was a black man Mississippi
Turner's Admrs. v. Herron 34 Miss. 460 1857 0 Damages for fraudulent removal of slaves Mississippi
Hopkins v. Lacouture 4 La. 64 1832 0 Sales, recordation, debts, property, mortgages Louisiana
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Pearson v. Moreland 15 Miss. 609 1846 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi
Haralson v. White 38 Miss. 178 1859 0 Voucher for payment of judgement Mississippi
Still v. Corp. of Woodville 38 Miss. 646 1860 0 Jurisdictional issues regarding domicile Mississippi
White v. Trotter 22 Miss. 30 1850 0 Enforcement on mortgage lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
Walker v. Brungard 21 Miss. 723 1849 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Mitchell v. Evans 6 Miss. 548 1841 0 Recovery of slave dispute Mississippi