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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
President of the Planters Bank v. Calvit 11 Miss. 143 1844 0 Sale of property dispute Mississippi
Murdock v. Hughes 15 Miss. 219 1846 0 Purchase of slave dispute Mississippi
Green v. Green 11 Miss. 256 1844 0 Estate property dispute Mississippi
Harmon v. Short 16 Miss. 433 1847 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Pearson v. Moreland 15 Miss. 609 1846 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi
Wharton v. Conger 17 Miss. 510 1848 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Boggan v. Walter 20 Miss. 666 1849 0 Administrator of estate dispute Mississippi
Montgomery v. Agricultural Bank 18 Miss. 566 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Thornton v. Demoss 13 Miss. 609 1846 0 Action for exemption from servitude Mississippi
Hoy v. Taliaferro 16 Miss. 727 1847 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Moseby v. Williams 6 Miss. 520 1841 0 Loan of slave dispute Mississippi
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Jones v. Coon 13 Miss. 751 1846 0 Personal property dispute Mississippi
Williamson v. Williamson 11 Miss. 715 1844 0 Creditor to estate dispute Mississippi
Chilton v. Cox 15 Miss. 791 1846 0 Lien upon slave dispute Mississippi
Whitworth v. Tilman 40 Miss. 76 1866 0 Recovery of fees in a case where there was an execution issued and levied on slaves Mississippi
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
Gorin v. Gordon 38 Miss. 205 1859 0 Recovery of slaves distributed in a marriage settlement Mississippi
Malone v. Mooring 40 Miss. 247 1866 0 Specific bequest of negroes in will, how impacted by abolition Mississippi