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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Williamson v. Parisien 1 Johns. Ch. 389 1815 0 Division of property post divorce Chancery Court of New York
Ellis v. McBride 27 Miss. 155 1854 0 Division of fraudulently conveyed property Mississippi
Pinson v. Williams 23 Miss. 64 1851 0 Division of estate (?) Mississippi
Rabb v. McKinnie 27 Miss. 98 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Calhoun v. Rail 26 Miss. 414 1853 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe 26 Miss. 634 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe 27 Miss. 26 1854 0 Division of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
McCormick v. McCormick 40 Miss. 760 1866 0 Division of emblements Mississippi
Williams v. Williams 43 Miss. 430 1871 0 Division of an estate Mississippi
Reynolds v. Nelson 41 Miss. 83 1866 0 Division and partition of land and slaves Mississippi
Foley v. McDonald 46 Miss. 238 1871 0 Distribution of slaves that were later emancipated Mississippi
Walton v. Olive 29 Miss. 270 1855 0 Distribution of slaves Mississippi
Cole v. Leake 27 Miss. 767 1854 0 Distribution of profits from sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Townsend v. Henry 26 Miss. 203 1853 0 Distribution of proceeds from sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Blackwell’s Adm’r v. Blackwell’s Distributees 33 Ala. 57 1858 0 Distribution of estate dispute Alabama
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Distribution of Estate Supreme Court of FL
Turner v. Ellis 24 Miss. 173 1852 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi