Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wooten v. Wilkins 39 Ga. 223 1869 0 Dying declaration - wills appeal Supreme Court of Georgia
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Holt 8 Ga. 157 1850 0 Liability for injury cause Supreme Court of Georgia
McLean v. Houston 49 Tenn. 37 1870 0 Tennessee
Weaver v. Yeatmans 15 Ala. 539 1849 0 Right of Property Alabama
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
James v. Scott 9 Ala. 579 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Coward v. Thompson 44 Tenn. 442 1867 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Starnes 8 La.Ann. 78 1853 0 Judicial seizure, unpaid wages, property Louisiana
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Carleton & Co. v. Banks 7 Ala. 32 1844 0 Dispute over Deed of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wharton v. Marberry 35 Tenn. 603 1856 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Nickell v. Handly 51 Va. 336 1853 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA