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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Halliburton v. Fletcher 22 Ark. 453 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved person Arkansas
Perry v. Lewis 6 Fla. 555 1856 0 Adverse Possession of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
McArthur v. Carrie's Adm'r 32 Ala. 75 1858 0 Adverse possession of a enslaved person Alabama
Lucile v. Toustin 5 Mart. (o.s.) 611 1818 0 Adverse possession, evidence, sales, prescription, parol evidence, contracts, conflict of laws, best evidence rule Louisiana
Phillips v. Threadgill 37 Ala. 93 1860 0 Adverse possession dispute Alabama
Phillips v. McLaughlin 26 Miss. 592 1853 0 Adverse possession Mississippi
Smejkal v. Smejkal No. 13-09-00285-CV, 2009 WL 3921039, at *2 n.6 (Tex. App. Nov. 19, 2009) 2009 1 adverse possession Texas
Brown v. Seal 179 S.W.3d 481 2005 1 adverse possession Tennessee
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 adverse possession Tennessee
Washburn v. Phillips 14 Miss. 425 1846 0 Adverse posession of slave Mississippi
Crabtree v. McDaniel 17 Ark. 222 1856 0 Adverse posession of enslaved person Arkansas
Daniels v. Street 15 Ark. 307 1854 0 Adverse posession of enslaved person Arkansas
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
State Bank v. Williams 6 Ark. 156 1845 0 Adverse posession of a enslaved person Arkansas
Jackson v. Jackson 28 Miss. 674 1855 0 Advancement of slaves Mississippi
May v. May 15 Ala. 177 1849 0 Advancement of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Jeter v. Jeter 36 Ala. 391 1860 0 Adultery action Alabama
Smith v. State 39 Ala. 554 1865 0 Adultery action Alabama
State v. Dick 60 N.C. 45 1864 0 Admissibility of Evidence North Carolina
Vicksburg & Meridian R. R. v. Green 42 Miss. 436 1869 0 Admissibility of Emancipation Proclamation as evidence of a slave's emancipation for recovery purposes Mississippi