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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Buckingham v. Levi 23 Miss. 590 1852 0 Recovery of enslaved persons by way of a writ of habeas corpus Mississippi
White v. Graves 24 Miss. 166 1852 0 Replevin Mississippi
Steppacher v. Reneau 25 Miss. 114 1852 0 Recovery for breach of covenant Mississippi
Green v. State 23 Miss. 509 1852 0 Trial of an enslaved boy for alleged assault of a white woman **** Mississippi
Ike v. State 23 Miss. 525 1852 0 Indictment of enslaved man for assault and battery Mississippi
Benson v. Benson 24 Miss. 625 1852 0 Satisfaction of debt Mississippi
Sessions v. Bacon 23 Miss. 272 1852 0 Whether a wife can mortgage on an estate to secure husband's debts Mississippi
Turner v. Ellis 24 Miss. 173 1852 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Phipps v. Tarpley 24 Miss. 597 1852 0 Holding of legal title Mississippi
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Roach's Executors v. Bennett 24 Miss. 98 1852 0 Use of wife's funds by husband for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Selph v. Howland 23 Miss. 264 1852 0 Right of married woman to contract Mississippi
Walker v. Fuqua 24 Miss. 640 1852 0 Conveyance of enslaved persons by estate administrator Mississippi
Vasser v. Vasser 23 Miss. 378 1852 0 Deed Mississippi
Westmoreland v. Walker 25 Miss. 76 1852 0 Fraudulent sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Presley v. Stribling 24 Miss. 527 1852 0 Interest in enslaved persons for purpose of payment of debt Mississippi
Young v. Young 25 Miss. 38 1852 0 Possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Dahlgren v. Peale 24 Miss. 142 1852 1 Mississippi
Hamberlain v. Marble 24 Miss. 586 1852 0 Equity in cases where two people have claims against property Mississippi
Marshall v. King 24 Miss. 85 1852 0 Vested right to property (including enslaved persons) of a deceased married woman Mississippi