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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Whether a husband is entitled to slaves of his wife after her death Mississippi
Swift v. Swift 36 Ala. 147 1860 0 Whether a Contract by the Two Parties was a Mortgage Alabama
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 When can purchaser recover money from sale that was "illegal" and "void" Mississippi
Sharp v. Maxwell 30 Miss. 589 1856 0 What qualifies as separate estate of husband and wife Mississippi
Woodward v. Gates 38 Ga. 205 1868 0 Waste action Supreme Court of Georgia
Fitzpatrick v. Hearne 44 Ala. 171 1870 0 Warranty with Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Watkins v. McDonough 2 Mart. (o.s.) 154 1812 0 Warranty, statute of frauds, sales, convenant, parol evidence Louisiana
Sterling v. Fusilier 7 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1820 0 Warranty, sales, eviction, suretyship, damages, contracts, property Louisiana
Nouvet v. Heirs of Armant 12 La. Ann. 71 1857 0 warranty, recovery on enslaved person Louisiana
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Warranty on sold slave SC of New York
Nations v. Jones 20 Tex. 300 1857 0 Warranty on Slave dispute Texas
Ables v. Donley 8 Tex. 331 1852 0 Warranty on slave dispute Texas
Anderson v. Duffield 8 Tex. 237 1852 0 Warranty on slave dispute Texas
Bradford v. Jenkins 41 Miss. 328 1867 0 Warranty on sale of slaves Mississippi
Plant v. Condit 22 Ark. 454 1861 0 Warranty on enslaved person Arkansas
Tatum v. Mohr 21 Ark. 349 1860 0 Warranty on enslaved person Arkansas
Haskill v. Sevier 25 Ark. 152 1867 0 Warranty on emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
Coolidge v. Burnes 25 Ark. 241 1868 0 Warranty on emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
Thompson v. Bertrand 23 Ark. 730 1861 0 Warranty on an enslaved person Arkansas
McWhorter v. Beavers 8 Ga. 300 1850 0 Warranty of title Supreme Court of Georgia