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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mason v. Moody 26 Miss. 184 1853 0 Status of mortgage Mississippi
Thompson v. Ross 26 Miss. 198 1853 0 Perfection of execution Mississippi
Townsend v. Henry 26 Miss. 203 1853 0 Distribution of proceeds from sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Craig v. Phipps 23 Miss. 240 1851 0 Issue arising from warranty (?) Mississippi
Selph v. Howland 23 Miss. 264 1852 0 Right of married woman to contract Mississippi
Boarman v. Groves 23 Miss. 280 1852 0 Binding of wife's separate property Mississippi
Slack v. Slack 26 Miss. 287 1853 0 Gift of enslaved person provided in will Mississippi
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Fraudulent assignment of slaves as property Mississippi
Clark v. Slaughter 34 Miss. 65 1857 0 Right of wife to sell slaves held under specific act Mississippi
Jordan v. Thomas 34 Miss. 72 1857 0 Rights of purchaser Mississippi
Richmond v. Delay 34 Miss. 83 1857 0 Interest of husband in wife's slaves helf under specific act Mississippi
Gray v. Regan 23 Miss. 304 1852 0 Fraudulent sale of property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Legal title to slave Mississippi
Garrison v. Fisher 26 Miss. 352 1853 0 Title to enslaved woman in estate Mississippi
Rasberry v. Moye 23 Miss. 320 1852 0 Consideration for fraudulent sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Frelick v. Turner 26 Miss. 393 1853 0 Guardian exceeding amount of ward's estate by hiring enslaved person Mississippi
Thornton v. McNeill 23 Miss. 369 1852 0 Alternative dispute resolution as a bar to action Mississippi
Heard v. Garrett 34 Miss. 152 1857 0 Construction of written agreement Mississippi
Stanwood v. Clampitt 23 Miss. 372 1852 0 Surety on mortgage (?) Mississippi
Trotter v. McCall 26 Miss. 410 1853 0 Violation of contract for hire of an enslaved person, resulting in injury to the person Mississippi