Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Loftin 6 Tex. 489 1851 0 Bill of sale dispute Texas
Peters v. Caton 6 Tex. 554 1851 0 Will & trust Texas
Pierson v. Tom 1 Tex. 577 1846 0 Property dispute Texas
Mosely v. Gainer 10 Tex. 578 1853 0 Wrongful claim of property Texas
Gowings v. Loyd 4 Tex. 242 1849 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Carter v. Reynolds 6 Tex. 561 1851 0 Action to force sale of slaves Texas
Pitts v. Ennis 1 Tex. 604 1846 0 Petition to recover value of slave Texas
Hall v. Phelps 1 Dallam 435 1841 0 Will & trust Texas
Forbes v. Hill 1 Dallam 486 1842 0 Levy on slaves dispute Texas
Briscoe v. Corri 1 Dallam 556 1844 0 Recovery for slave Texas
Bryant v. Kelton 1 Tex. 415 1846 0 Debt dispute Texas
Alexander v. Polk 39 Miss. 737 1861 0 Evidentiary issues regarding a deed as evidence Mississippi
Weathersby v. Weathersby 39 Miss. 652 1861 0 Recovery of slaves that were given by husband to a wife as part of separation Mississippi
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Suit to recover a slave Texas
Hoover v. Wells 39 Miss. 445 1860 0 Entitlement to slaves posessed by wife under 1839 Act Mississippi
Garnett v. Cowles 39 Miss. 60 1860 0 Will providing for emancipation of slaves by purchase for freedom Mississippi
Dibrell v. Carlisle 48 Miss. 691 1873 0 Use of slaves to secure a debt Mississippi
Wilbourn v. Wilbourn 48 Miss. 38 1873 0 Appropriation of cotton raised by slaves in an estate Mississippi
Dozier v. Freeman 47 Miss. 647 1873 0 Power of trustee to sell slaves in a trust Mississippi
McDaniel v. Johns 45 Miss. 632 1871 0 Disposistion of slaves given as property as gifts in a will Mississippi