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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Snell v. Elam 49 Tenn. 82 1870 0 Tennessee
Talley v. Courtney 48 Tenn. 715 1870 0 Tennessee
Click v. Click 48 Tenn. 607 1870 0 Tennessee
Watkins v. Specht 47 Tenn. 585 1870 0 Tennessee
Harrison v. Hallum 45 Tenn. 525 1868 0 Tennessee
Coleman v. Dickenson 2 Va. Col. Dec. 111 1740 0 Trusts General Ct. of VA
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Finis v. Cannon 44 Tenn. 121 1867 0 Tennessee
Trabue & Lucus v. Higden 44 Tenn. 620 1867 0 Tennessee
Arrington v. Grissom 41 Tenn. 522 1860 0 Tennessee
Norton v. Moore 40 Tenn. 480 1859 0 Tennessee
Henly v. Franklin 43 Tenn. 472 1866 0 Tennessee
Graves v. Keaton 43 Tenn. 8 1866 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Allen 40 Tenn. 440 1859 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Thomas 42 Tenn. 123 1865 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Union Bank of Tennessee 41 Tenn. 152 1860 0 Tennessee
Tipton v. Tipton 41 Tenn. 252 1860 0 Tennessee
Acuff v. Rice 40 Tenn. 293 1859 0 Tennessee
Bayless v. Elcan 41 Tenn. 96 1860 0 Tennessee