Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
McGar v. Williams 26 Ala. 469 1855 1 Alabama
Brown's Heirs v. Powell 45 Ala. 149 1871 1 Alabama
Thweatt v. McLeod 56 Ala. 375 1876 1 Alabama
Eagan Co. v. Johnson 82 Ala. 233 1886 1 Alabama
York Manufacturing Co. v. Bessemer Ice Manufacturing & Storage Co. 111 Ala. 332 1895 1 Alabama
Seawell v. Henry 6 Ala. 226 1844 0 Action of detinue to recovery enslaved person Alabama
Kirksey v. Stewart & Lucius 38 Ala. 692 1863 0 Verbal contract dispute Alabama
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Parish v. Parish 37 Ala. 591 1861 0 Bequest of enslaved persons Alabama
Fairbanks Morse & Co. v. Dees 220 Ala. 41 1929 1 Alabama
Phillips v. Malone 223 Ala. 381 1931 1 Alabama
McCall v. Sinclair 14 Ala. 764 1848 1 Alabama
Carter v. Doe ex dem. Chaudron 21 Ala. 72 1852 1 Alabama
May v. Kelly 27 Ala. 497 1855 1 Alabama
Hopper v. Steele 18 Ala. 828 1851 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railroad v. Bayliss 74 Ala. 150 1883 1 Alabama
Barnes v. Ball 209 Ala. 618 1923 1 Alabama
Little v. People's Bank 209 Ala. 620 1923 1 Alabama
Couch v. Atkinson 32 Ala. 633 1858 1 Alabama
Ex parte Beavers 34 Ala. 71 1859 1 Alabama