Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Clifton v. Holton 27 Ga. 321 1859 0 Inheritance of slave Georgia
Haynes v. Bessellieu 25 Ark. 499 1869 0 Inheritance of proceeds of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Cox v. Britt 22 Ark. 567 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons (clerical mistake in will) Arkansas
Slaughter v. Slaughter 23 Ark. 356 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Brinkley v. Willis 22 Ark. 1 1860 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Scott v. Logan 23 Ark. 351 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Finn v. Hempstead 24 Ark. 111 1863 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Robinson v. Bishop & Wife 23 Ark. 378 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
In Matter of Estate of Iverlett No. 01-A-01-9505-PB00201, 1995 WL 571852, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 29, 1995) 1995 1 inheritance, intent Tennessee
Helm v. Hayes No. 03A01-9710-PB-00497, 1998 WL 251766, at *1 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 19, 1998) 1998 1 inheritance, competency Tennessee
In re Brown 807 F.3d 701, 711 n.37 (5th Cir. 2015) 2015 1 inheritance claim in bankruptcy United States
Fowler v. Morgan 25 La. Ann. 206 1873 0 Inheritance Louisiana
Richardson v. Bridges 260 Ga. 62 1990 1 inheritance Georgia
Martin v. Palmer 1 S.W.3d 875 1999 1 inheritance Texas
McNally v. Guevara 989 S.W.2d 380 1999 1 inheritance Texas
Jones v. Jones 209 W. Va. 701 2001 1 inheritance West Virginia
Estate of Floyd 79 Va. Cir. 187 2009 1 inheritance Virginia
Cantrell v. Henry 696 S.W.2d 12 1985 1 inheritance Tennessee
Funkhouser v. Panizza No. 15048, 1994 Va. Cir. LEXIS 932, at *9 (Cir. Ct. Oct. 12, 1994) 1994 1 inheritance Virginia