Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lynch v. Baxter 4 Tex. 216 1849 0 Property dispute Texas
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Mims v. Mitchell 1 Tex. 443 1846 0 Action to recover cost of caring for slaves Texas
Barbee v. Hail 31 Tex. 161 1868 0 Texas
Scherer v. Upton 31 Tex. 617 1869 0 Texas
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Bequeathal of slave dispute Texas
Rawles v. State 15 Tex. 581 1855 0 Indictment of allowing slave to commit illegal acts Texas
Mayfield v. Averitt's Adm'r 11 Tex. 140 1853 0 Wrongful claim of property Texas
State v. Schoolfield 29 Tex. 501 1861 0 Texas
Walton v. Compton & Strother 28 Tex. 569 1866 0 Texas
Elizabeth v. State 27 Tex. 329 1863 0 Texas
Duncan v. Magette 25 Tex. 245 1860 0 Texas
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Deas v. Smith 1 Cai. 171 1803 0 Slave as a Witness SC of New York
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Libel of intent to engage in slave trade Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Will & Trust Court of Appeals of New York
Jackson ex dem. Loucks v. Churchill 7 Cow. 287 1827 0 Demand for dowry SC of New York