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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Montgomery v. Norris 2 Miss. 499 1837 0 Trover for slaves Mississippi
Cable v. Martin 2 Miss. 558 1837 0 Recovery for slaves Mississippi
Portevant v. Pendleton's Administrators 23 Miss. 25 1851 0 Recovery for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
A. & J. Dennistoun & Co. v. Potts 26 Miss. 13 1853 0 Insufficient registration of mortgage Mississippi
Pinson v. Williams 23 Miss. 64 1851 0 Division of estate (?) Mississippi
Perkins v. Hackleman 26 Miss. 41 1853 0 Trespass Mississippi
Noel v. Harvey 29 Miss. 72 1855 0 Purchase of slaves after probate Mississippi
Davidson v. Jones 26 Miss. 56 1853 0 Consideration of deed Mississippi
Trotter v. White 26 Miss. 88 1853 0 Fraud in sale of mortgaged property Mississippi
Burnett v. Strong 26 Miss. 116 1853 0 Requirements of will Mississippi
White v. Johnson 23 Miss. 68 1851 0 Trover to recover enslaved persons Mississippi
Cason v. Robson 29 Miss. 97 1855 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Whether a husband is entitled to slaves of his wife after her death Mississippi
McComb v. Gilkey 29 Miss. 146 1855 0 Execution of deed Mississippi
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
James v. Kirk 29 Miss. 206 1855 0 Evidence in faulty sale of enslaved boy Mississippi
James v. Elder 23 Miss. 134 1851 0 Whether slave traders are subject to a specific tax Mississippi
Newman v. Williams 29 Miss. 212 1855 0 Debt resulting from the sale of slaves Mississippi
Joslin v. Caughlin 26 Miss. 134 1853 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Enjoinment of sale of slaves Mississippi