Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Respublica v. Deaves 3 Yeates 465 1803 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Sullivan v. Hadley 16 Ark. 129 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Sadler v. Bean 9 Ark. 202 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Tooley v. Gridley 11 Miss. 493 1844 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Price v. Wilkinson's Ex'rs 10 Ala. 172 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Belfour v. Raney 8 Ark. 479 1848 0 Will & trsut Arkansas
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
Waples v. Aydelot 2 Del. Cas. 385 1818 0 Will transferance of enslaved individuals to children, grandchildren, and charity Delaware
Payne & Harrison v. Scott 14 La. Ann. 760 1859 0 Wills, tutorship, property Louisiana
Major v. Esneault 7 La. Ann. 51 1852 0 Wills, trusts, testamentary intent, property Louisiana
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 Wills, Trusts, and Estates United States
Champagne v. Champagne 125 La. 408 1990 1 wills/trusts Louisiana
Succession of Becker 704 So. 2d 825 1997 1 wills/trusts Louisiana
In re Estate of McCreath 240 P.3d 413 2009 1 wills/trusts Colorado
Alvarez v. Coleman 642 So. 2d 361 1994 1 wills/trusts Mississippi
Estate of Hickman v. Boggus 14 La. Ann. 609 1859 0 Wills, Theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Rost v. Heirs of Doyal 15 La. Ann. 265 1860 0 Wills, testament freeing enslaved persons Louisiana
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana