Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Jones v. Laney ex rel. Colbert 2 Tex. 342 1847 0 Action for freedom Texas
Brewer v. West 2 Tex. 376 1847 0 Action for payment of slave Texas
Legg v. McNeill 2 Tex. 428 1847 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Resoration of slaves Texas
State v. Shwartz 25 Tex. 764 1860 0 Texas
Lynch v. Baxter 4 Tex. 216 1849 0 Property dispute Texas
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Mims v. Mitchell 1 Tex. 443 1846 0 Action to recover cost of caring for slaves Texas
Barbee v. Hail 31 Tex. 161 1868 0 Texas
Scherer v. Upton 31 Tex. 617 1869 0 Texas
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Bequeathal of slave dispute Texas
Rawles v. State 15 Tex. 581 1855 0 Indictment of allowing slave to commit illegal acts Texas
Mayfield v. Averitt's Adm'r 11 Tex. 140 1853 0 Wrongful claim of property Texas
State v. Schoolfield 29 Tex. 501 1861 0 Texas
Walton v. Compton & Strother 28 Tex. 569 1866 0 Texas
Elizabeth v. State 27 Tex. 329 1863 0 Texas
Duncan v. Magette 25 Tex. 245 1860 0 Texas
Philleo v. Holliday 24 Tex. 38 1859 0 Texas
Montgomery v. Nash 23 Tex. 157 1859 0 Texas
Dial v. Dial 21 Tex. 529 1858 0 Texas