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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Henry v. State 23 Tenn. 270 1843 0 Tennessee
Gilliam v. Bransford 23 Tenn. 398 1843 0 Tennessee
Branch Bank at Decatur v. Kinsey 5 Ala. 9 1843 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Foster v. Goree 5 Ala. 424 1843 0 Trover Alabama
Torbet's heirs v. McReynolds 23 Tenn. 215 1843 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Deterly 9 Miss. 163 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Murphy v. Clark 9 Miss. 221 1843 0 Adminstration of estate dispute Mississippi
Baines v. M'Gee 9 Miss. 208 1843 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi
Comstock v. Rayford 9 Miss. 423 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Rowley v. Cummings 9 Miss. 340 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Morton v. Walker 8 Miss. 554 1843 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Wright v. Henderson 8 Miss. 539 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Ross v. Garey 8 Miss. 47 1843 0 Ownership of property dispute Mississippi
Suzett v. Buckels 8 Miss. 663 1843 0 Action against person for harboring a slave Mississippi
Bibb v. Jones 8 Miss. 397 1843 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Hamberlin v. Terry 8 Miss. 143 1843 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Calhoun v. King 5 Ala. 523 1843 0 Will & trust Alabama
Beck v. Montgomery 8 Miss. 39 1843 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Brien v. Williamson 8 Miss. 14 1843 0 Contracts for purchase of slave dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Hurd 8 Miss. 188 1843 0 Hiring out of slaves dispute Mississippi