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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
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
Warfield v. Ravesies 38 Ala. 518 1863 0 Property estate dispute Alabama
Walker v. Fenner 28 Ala. 367 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Henderson v. Segars 28 Ala. 352 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Drake v. Glover 30 Ala. 382 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Walker v. Smith 28 Ala. 569 1856 0 Contract Dipute over Hire of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Broadhead v. Jones 39 Ala. 96 1863 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Hooks v. Smith 18 Ala. 338 1850 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
Flake v. Day & Co. 22 Ala. 132 1853 0 Note of sale dispute Alabama
Athey v. Olive 34 Ala. 711 1859 0 Action for purchase of enslaved person Alabama
Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Knight 27 Ala. 336 1855 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Landman v. Snodgrass 26 Ala. 593 1855 0 detinue Alabama
Woodward v. Donally 27 Ala. 198 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Turner v. Fenner 19 Ala. 355 1851 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Pollard v. Merrill 15 Ala. 169 1849 0 Property dispute Alabama