Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
T. & W. Brandon v. Planters & Merchants' Bank of Huntsville 1 Stew. 320 1828 0 Trover Alabama
Hardwick v. Robinson 1 Stew. & P. 99 1831 0 Trover Alabama
Turnipseed v. McMath 13 Ala. 44 1848 0 Trover Alabama
Dent v. Chiles 5 Stew. & P. 383 1832 0 Trover Alabama
Norton v. Linton 18 Ala. 690 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Babcock v. Huntington 9 Ala. 869 1846 0 Trover Alabama
Hopper v. McWhorter 18 Ala. 229 1850 0 Trover Alabama
Sanders v. Stokes 30 Ala. 432 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Hardy v. Thomas 23 Miss. 544 1852 0 Trover Mississippi
Semmes v. Sheeburne 2 D.C. 534 1824 0 Trover United States
Harrison v. Evans 1 D.C. 364 1806 0 Trover United States
Nevett v. Berry 18 F. Cas. 27 1837 0 Trover United States
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 Trover United States
Ellis v. Mathews 19 Tex. 390 1857 0 Trial to recover slaves Texas
Little v. Fitts 33 Ala. 343 1858 0 Trial to establish right of property Alabama
Beeson v. Wiley, Banks & Co. 28 Ala. 575 1856 0 Trial to determine property ownership Alabama
Smith & Co. v. Zurcher 9 Ala. 208 1846 0 Trial to determine ownership of enslaved person Alabama
Garnett v. Kirkman 41 Miss. 94 1866 0 Trial regarding last will and testament providing for sale of slaves Mississippi
Ellis v. Clarke 19 Ark. 420 1858 0 Trial procedural dispute Arkansas
Pierson v. Tom 10 Tex. 145 1853 0 Trial of the right of property Texas