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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ratliffe v. Collins 35 Miss. 581 1858 0 Wife's liability for husband's debts Mississippi
Stone v. Buckner 20 Miss. 73 1849 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Young v. White 25 Miss. 146 1852 0 Fraudulent conveyance of enslaved person Mississippi
Prewett v. Land 36 Miss. 495 1858 0 Power of wife to charge trust estate Mississippi
Dowd v. White 34 Miss. 510 1857 0 Rights of specific legatee of slaves Mississippi
L. M. Wiley & Co. v. Gray 36 Miss. 510 1858 0 Post nuptial settlement between husband and wife Mississippi
Govan v. Binford 25 Miss. 151 1852 0 Enforcement of delivery of enslaved man Mississippi
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave Mississippi
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Revocation of will by deed, when contract between husband and wife Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 36 Miss. 545 1858 0 Power of husband over wife's slaves Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
Sorsby v. Vance 36 Miss. 564 1858 0 Construction of will Mississippi
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved man Mississippi
Exum v. Canty 34 Miss. 533 1857 0 Disposition of property in will Mississippi
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Validity of bequest of slaves to American Colonization Society for emancipation Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Jayne v. Dillon 28 Miss. 283 1854 0 Replevin Mississippi
Grant v. Lloyd 20 Miss. 191 1849 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi