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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Jones v. State 13 Ala. 153 1848 0 Property dispute Alabama
Adams v. Adams 39 Ala. 274 1864 0 Will & trust Alabama
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
McElvain v. Mudd 44 Ala. 48 1870 0 Action on Promissory Note for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Matheson’s Heirs v. Hearin 29 Ala. 210 1856 0 Order for the sale of land/property Alabama
Walker v. Fenner 20 Ala. 192 1852 0 Detinue Alabama
Carrington & Co. v. Manning's Heirs 13 Ala. 611 1848 0 Specific bequests from estate dispute Alabama
Carter v. Balfour's Adm'r 19 Ala. 814 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
Wiley v. Parmer 14 Ala. 627 1848 0 Action under statute taxing enslaved persons Alabama
State v. Jones 5 Ala. 666 1843 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
Langdon & Co. v. Brumby 7 Ala. 53 1844 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Watts v. Gayle 20 Ala. 817 1852 0 Will & trust Alabama
Creswell's Executor v. Walker 37 Ala. 229 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Williams v. McConico 36 Ala. 22 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Bryan v. Weems 29 Ala. 423 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Bell v. Bell's Adm'r 36 Ala. 466 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Weathers v. Patterson 30 Ala. 404 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Miller v. Hampton 37 Ala. 342 1861 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Sellers v. Sellers 35 Ala. 235 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Vaughn v. Lovejoy 34 Ala. 437 1859 0 Bill in equity for partition Alabama