Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Caperton v. Martin 5 Ala. 217 1843 0 Property dispute Alabama
Beall v. Williamson 14 Ala. 55 1848 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Montgomery's Executors v. Kirksey 26 Ala. 172 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Wragg v. State 14 Ala. 492 1848 0 Indictment for Sampling Cotton Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Spivey v. State 26 Ala. 90 1855 0 Indictment for Carrying Away an Enslaved Person Alabama
Steele v. Brown 18 Ala. 700 1851 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Eddings v. Long 10 Ala. 203 1846 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Hutchinson v. Dearing 20 Ala. 798 1852 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Standefer v. Chisholm 1 Stew. & P. 449 1832 0 Right of Property Alabama
Falls v. Weissinger 11 Ala. 801 1847 0 Recovery of Debt Alabama
Deshazo v. Lewis 5 Stew. & P. 91 1833 0 Detinue Alabama
Norris v. Bradford 4 Ala. 203 1842 0 Trover Alabama
Buford v. Tucker 44 Ala. 89 1870 0 Action of Promissory Note ofr Hire of Ensalved Person Alabama
Allen v. Smith 22 Ala. 416 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Nelson v. Iverson 24 Ala. 9 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Alexander v. Alexander 8 Ala. 796 1845 0 Guardian of Insane Persons, Dissolution of Marriage Alabama
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Dispute over Will Alabama