Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Mecklin v. Deming 111 Ala. 159 1895 1 Alabama
Woodstock Iron Co. v. Reed 81 Ala. 305 1886 1 Alabama
James v. Johnson 44 Ala. 629 1870 0 Will & trust Alabama
Killough v. Steele 1 Stew. & P. 262 1832 0 Levy of enslaved person Alabama
East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railroad v. Watson 90 Ala. 41 1890 1 Alabama
Alabama Power Co. v. Tatum 306 So. 2d 251 1975 1 Alabama
Ala. Great Southern Railway Co. v. Moody 92 Ala. 279 1890 1 Alabama
Echols v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 90 Ala. 366 1890 1 Alabama
Peek v. Haardt 235 Ala. 145 1937 1 Alabama
Bowie v. Minter 2 Ala. 406 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Maynard v. State 46 Ala. 85 1871 1 Alabama
Rhodes v. McFarland 43 Ala. 95 1869 1 Alabama
Merrill v. Jones 2 Ala. 192 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Wittick v. Traun 25 Ala. 317 1854 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Main 135 Ala. 451 1902 1 Alabama
Dearman v. Radcliffe 5 Ala. 192 1843 0 Will & trust Alabama
Sparrenberger v. State 53 Ala. 481 1875 1 Alabama
Stubbs v. Houston 33 Ala. 555 1859 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Garrett v. Rhea 9 Ala. 134 1846 0 Levy on a salve Alabama
Spivey v. McGehee 21 Ala. 417 1852 0 Wrongful detention Alabama