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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Herndon v. Henderson 41 Miss. 584 1868 0 Evidence of a contract for the sale of a slave Mississippi
Thornhill v. Gilmer 12 Miss. 153 1845 0 Equity of redemption Mississippi
Redus v. Wofford 12 Miss. 579 1845 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Walker v. McDowell 12 Miss. 118 1845 0 Personal property dispute Mississippi
Harney v. Pack 12 Miss. 229 1845 0 Deed of trust dispute Mississippi
Bell v. Tombigbee Railroad 12 Miss. 549 1845 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Scott v. James 4 Miss. 307 1839 0 Estate plan Mississippi
Lowry v. Houston 4 Miss. 394 1839 0 Action to recover slaves Mississippi
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Pickett's Executors v. Ford 5 Miss. 246 1839 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Brock v. Luckett's Executors 5 Miss. 459 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Prosser v. Leatherman ex rel. Hutchins 5 Miss. 237 1839 0 Trade of property dispute Mississippi
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Phillips v. Lane 5 Miss. 122 1839 0 Conversion of property dispute Mississippi
Hall v. Browder's Administrators 5 Miss. 224 1839 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Property restoration Mississippi
McMurran v. Soria 5 Miss. 154 1839 0 Note of sale dispute Mississippi
Foster v. Alston 7 Miss. 406 1842 0 Conversion of slave dispute Mississippi
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Covington v. Arrington 32 Miss. 144 1856 0 Seeking writ of habeaus corpus for posession of a slave Mississippi