Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Boyles 26 Ala. 576 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Gimon v. Baldwin 38 Ala. 60 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Tucker v. Magee 18 Ala. 99 1850 0 Trover Alabama
Parker v. Goldsmith 16 Ala. 526 1849 0 Trover Alabama
Nations v. Hawkins' Adm'rs. 11 Ala. 859 1847 0 Trover Alabama
Turnipseed v. McMath 13 Ala. 44 1848 0 Trover Alabama
Broome v. Curry's Adm'rs 19 Ala. 805 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Foster v. Goree 5 Ala. 424 1843 0 Trover Alabama
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
Hardy v. Thomas 23 Miss. 544 1852 0 Trover Mississippi
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