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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Nevitt v. Bacon 32 Miss. 212 1856 0 Statute of limitations for forclosure of a mortgage Mississippi
Ellmore v. Mills 2 N.C. 412 1796 0 Statute of limitations North Carolina
Jones v. Woods 70 N.C. 447 1874 0 Statute of limitations North Carolina
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Statute of frauds in relation to trust executed on slaves Mississippi
Station #2, LLC v. Lynch 79 Va. 196 2010 2 statute of frauds Virginia
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Hammond v. Candler 30 Ga. 275 1860 0 Status of Slave, freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Mason v. Moody 26 Miss. 184 1853 0 Status of mortgage Mississippi
Cowan v. Stamps 46 Miss. 435 1872 0 Status of a will in which slaves were directed to be removed to Africa for emancipation Mississippi
McMath v. Johnson 41 Miss. 439 1867 0 Status of a slave given as consideration on a promissory note after emancipation but prior to ratification of 13th amend. Mississippi
Singer v. Siedband 138 S.W.3d 750 2004 2 standing under statute on fraud in probate Missouri
Young v. Kinnebrew 36 Ala. 97 1860 0 Spperate Estate Alabama
Love v. Crook 27 Ala. 624 1855 0 Specific Recovery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Agee v. Williams 27 Ala. 644 1855 0 Specific Recovery of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Evans v. Kittrell 33 Ala. 449 1859 0 Specific Performance of Contract Alabama
Morris v. Lewis' Executor 33 Ala. 53 1858 0 Specific Performance of Contract Alabama
Andrews v. Andrews 28 Ala. 432 1856 0 Specific Performance for Post-Nuptual Agreement Alabama
White & Trufant v. Cazenave 14 La. Ann. 57 1859 0 Specific performance, contracts, property Louisiana
Pigg v. Corder 39 Va. 69 1841 0 Specific performance SC of Appeals VA
Carrington & Co. v. Manning's Heirs 13 Ala. 611 1848 0 Specific bequests from estate dispute Alabama