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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Revocation of will by deed, when contract between husband and wife Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 36 Miss. 545 1858 0 Power of husband over wife's slaves Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
Sorsby v. Vance 36 Miss. 564 1858 0 Construction of will Mississippi
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved man Mississippi
Exum v. Canty 34 Miss. 533 1857 0 Disposition of property in will Mississippi
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Validity of bequest of slaves to American Colonization Society for emancipation Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Jayne v. Dillon 28 Miss. 283 1854 0 Replevin Mississippi
Grant v. Lloyd 20 Miss. 191 1849 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi
Hill v. McLaurin 28 Miss. 288 1854 0 Whether contract for sale of enslaved persons and property was valid Mississippi
Lloyd v. Goodwin 20 Miss. 223 1849 0 Life estate in slave dispute Mississippi
Berry v. Bacon 28 Miss. 318 1854 0 Execution of deed of trust Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Tillman v. Cowand 20 Miss. 262 1849 0 Execution of deed dispute Mississippi
Carter v. Carter 28 Miss. 326 1854 0 Bond on enslaved persons in estate (?) Mississippi
Foy v. Foy 25 Miss. 207 1852 0 Collection of payment for enslaved person sold to a minor Mississippi
Bradley v. Byrd 20 Miss. 269 1849 0 Wrongful distribution of slaves Mississippi